diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/HexagonTargetObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/HexagonTargetObjectFile.cpp
index ccca620..177c348 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/HexagonTargetObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/HexagonTargetObjectFile.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     return false;
 
   if (Kind.isBSS() || Kind.isData() || Kind.isCommon()) {
-    Type *Ty = GV->getType()->getElementType();
+    Type *Ty = GV->getValueType();
     return IsInSmallSection(
         GV->getParent()->getDataLayout().getTypeAllocSize(Ty));
   }