diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/TypeSanitizer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/TypeSanitizer.cpp
index 9cd81f3e6edb3..2ae8106218667 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/TypeSanitizer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/TypeSanitizer.cpp
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ void collectMemAccessInfo(
 
 bool TypeSanitizer::sanitizeFunction(Function &F,
                                      const TargetLibraryInfo &TLI) {
+  if (F.isDeclaration())
+    return false;
   // This is required to prevent instrumenting call to __tysan_init from within
   // the module constructor.
   if (&F == TysanCtorFunction.getCallee() || &F == TysanGlobalsSetTypeFunction)
diff --git a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/TypeSanitizer/basic.ll b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/TypeSanitizer/basic.ll
index 704c18800f19e..b40b64664502a 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/TypeSanitizer/basic.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/TypeSanitizer/basic.ll
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
 
+declare i32 @declaration_only(i32 %a) sanitize_type
+
 ;.
 ; CHECK: @llvm.global_ctors = appending global [1 x { i32, ptr, ptr }] [{ i32, ptr, ptr } { i32 0, ptr @tysan.module_ctor, ptr null }]
 ; CHECK: @__tysan_v1_Simple_20C_2b_2b_20TBAA = linkonce_odr constant { i64, i64, [16 x i8] } { i64 2, i64 0, [16 x i8] c"Simple C++ TBAA\00" }, comdat