diff --git a/SwiftCompilerSources/Sources/Optimizer/FunctionPasses/RedundantLoadElimination.swift b/SwiftCompilerSources/Sources/Optimizer/FunctionPasses/RedundantLoadElimination.swift
index 8bdd78730c9..e4a7455a55f 100644
--- a/SwiftCompilerSources/Sources/Optimizer/FunctionPasses/RedundantLoadElimination.swift
+++ b/SwiftCompilerSources/Sources/Optimizer/FunctionPasses/RedundantLoadElimination.swift
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ private extension LoadingInstruction {
         return false
       }
       switch address.accessBase {
-      case .box, .stack:
+      case .box, .stack, .global:
         break
       default:
         return false
diff --git a/test/SILOptimizer/mandatory-redundant-load-elim.sil b/test/SILOptimizer/mandatory-redundant-load-elim.sil
index 427b07b62b1..81b93305490 100644
--- a/test/SILOptimizer/mandatory-redundant-load-elim.sil
+++ b/test/SILOptimizer/mandatory-redundant-load-elim.sil
@@ -1922,3 +1922,17 @@ bb0(%0 : $MyInt, %1 : @guaranteed $Foo, %2 : @guaranteed $Baz):
   dealloc_stack %3 : $*MyInt
   return %38 : $MyInt
 } // end sil function '$s27capture_promotion_ownership05test_a1_B0SiycyFSiycfU_Tf2iii_n'
+
+sil_global @gi : $Int
+
+// CHECK:     sil [ossa] @test_global :
+// CHECK-NOT:   load
+// CHECK:       return %0
+// CHECK:     } // end sil function 'test_global'
+sil [ossa] @test_global : $@convention(thin) (Int) -> Int {
+bb0(%0 : $Int):
+  %1 = global_addr @gi : $*Int
+  store %0 to [trivial] %1
+  %3 = load [trivial] %1
+  return %3
+}