diff --git a/rocclr/compiler/lib/backends/common/linker.cpp b/rocclr/compiler/lib/backends/common/linker.cpp
index f85e366a47..a9a0651e31 100644
--- a/rocclr/compiler/lib/backends/common/linker.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/compiler/lib/backends/common/linker.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ AddNoInlineAttr(llvm::Module* M)
 {
   LLVMContext &Context = M->getContext();
   for (llvm::Module::iterator I = M->begin(), E = M->end(); I != E; ++I) {
-    if (I->getLinkage() != Function::InternalLinkage && I->hasName() &&
+    if (I->hasName() &&
         !I->isDeclaration() &&
         !I->isIntrinsic() &&
         !I->getName().startswith("__amdil") &&