diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_preinit.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_preinit.cc
index 9de963ccc037fbd77e13d0f7eb18296010e7574f..586f551c23c323ac033d2510c089a49adb0a84aa 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_preinit.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_preinit.cc
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
   // On Linux, we force __asan_init to be called before anyone else
   // by placing it into .preinit_array section.
   // FIXME: do we have anything like this on Mac?
+  // The symbol is called __local_asan_preinit, because it's not intended to be
+  // exported.
   __attribute__((section(".preinit_array"), used))
-  void (*__asan_preinit)(void) =__asan_init;
+  void (*__local_asan_preinit)(void) = __asan_init;
 #elif SANITIZER_WINDOWS && defined(_DLL)
   // On Windows, when using dynamic CRT (/MD), we can put a pointer
   // to __asan_init into the global list of C initializers.