diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfDebug.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfDebug.cpp
index 0e3b306..79d1329 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfDebug.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfDebug.cpp
@@ -785,10 +785,16 @@
   AddString(GVDie, dwarf::DW_AT_name, dwarf::DW_FORM_string, Name);
   std::string LinkageName;
   GV.getLinkageName(LinkageName);
-  if (!LinkageName.empty())
+  if (!LinkageName.empty()) {
+    // Skip special LLVM prefix that is used to inform the asm printer to not emit
+    // usual symbol prefix before the symbol name. This happens for Objective-C
+    // symbol names and symbol whose name is replaced using GCC's __asm__ attribute.
+    if (LinkageName[0] == 1)
+      LinkageName = &LinkageName[1];
     AddString(GVDie, dwarf::DW_AT_MIPS_linkage_name, dwarf::DW_FORM_string,
               LinkageName);
-  AddType(DW_Unit, GVDie, GV.getType());
+  }
+    AddType(DW_Unit, GVDie, GV.getType());
   if (!GV.isLocalToUnit())
     AddUInt(GVDie, dwarf::DW_AT_external, dwarf::DW_FORM_flag, 1);
   AddSourceLine(GVDie, &GV);
@@ -855,9 +861,15 @@
 
   std::string LinkageName;
   SP.getLinkageName(LinkageName);
-  if (!LinkageName.empty())
+  if (!LinkageName.empty()) {
+    // Skip special LLVM prefix that is used to inform the asm printer to not emit
+    // usual symbol prefix before the symbol name. This happens for Objective-C
+    // symbol names and symbol whose name is replaced using GCC's __asm__ attribute.
+    if (LinkageName[0] == 1)
+      LinkageName = &LinkageName[1];
     AddString(SPDie, dwarf::DW_AT_MIPS_linkage_name, dwarf::DW_FORM_string,
               LinkageName);
+  }
   AddSourceLine(SPDie, &SP);
 
   DICompositeType SPTy = SP.getType();
@@ -2455,7 +2467,16 @@
     SP.getLinkageName(LName);
     SP.getName(Name);
 
-    Asm->EmitString(LName.empty() ? Name : LName);
+    if (LName.empty())
+      Asm->EmitString(Name);
+    else {
+      // Skip special LLVM prefix that is used to inform the asm printer to not emit
+      // usual symbol prefix before the symbol name. This happens for Objective-C
+      // symbol names and symbol whose name is replaced using GCC's __asm__ attribute.
+      if (LName[0] == 1)
+        LName = &LName[1];
+      Asm->EmitString(LName);
+    }
     Asm->EOL("MIPS linkage name");
 
     Asm->EmitString(Name); Asm->EOL("Function name");