http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60899
--- Comment #5 from Jan Hubicka <hubicka at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I am running benchmarks I do not want to disturb, but the following should fix the problem. $ svn diff ../../gcc/gimple-fold.c Index: ../../gcc/gimple-fold.c =================================================================== --- ../../gcc/gimple-fold.c (revision 209526) +++ ../../gcc/gimple-fold.c (working copy) @@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ can_refer_decl_in_current_unit_p (tree d external var. */ if (!from_decl || TREE_CODE (from_decl) != VAR_DECL - || !DECL_EXTERNAL (from_decl) + || (!DECL_EXTERNAL (from_decl) + && (vnode = varpool_get_node (from_decl)) != NULL + && vnode->definition) || (flag_ltrans && symtab_get_node (from_decl)->in_other_partition)) return true;