diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index 50041f883cfe5..3bf52428130f7 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -3274,9 +3274,11 @@ void CodeGenModule::EmitModuleLinkOptions() {
   LinkerOptionsMetadata.append(MetadataArgs.begin(), MetadataArgs.end());
 
   // Add the linker options metadata flag.
-  auto *NMD = getModule().getOrInsertNamedMetadata("llvm.linker.options");
-  for (auto *MD : LinkerOptionsMetadata)
-    NMD->addOperand(MD);
+  if (!LinkerOptionsMetadata.empty()) {
+    auto *NMD = getModule().getOrInsertNamedMetadata("llvm.linker.options");
+    for (auto *MD : LinkerOptionsMetadata)
+      NMD->addOperand(MD);
+  }
 }
 
 void CodeGenModule::EmitDeferred() {
diff --git a/clang/test/Modules/module-impl-with-link.c b/clang/test/Modules/module-impl-with-link.c
index ffd388c56b90a..be2f1359b5e94 100644
--- a/clang/test/Modules/module-impl-with-link.c
+++ b/clang/test/Modules/module-impl-with-link.c
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 #include "foo.h"
 // Make sure we don't generate linker option for module Clib since this TU is
 // an implementation of Clib.
-// CHECK: !llvm.linker.options = !{}
+// CHECK-NOT: !llvm.linker.options =