diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/EmbedBitcodePass.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/EmbedBitcodePass.cpp
index 73f567734a91b..5e8b2a4e3d842 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/EmbedBitcodePass.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/EmbedBitcodePass.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 #include "llvm/TargetParser/Triple.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/IPO/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter.h"
+#include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/Cloning.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.h"
 
 #include <string>
@@ -33,8 +34,11 @@ PreservedAnalyses EmbedBitcodePass::run(Module &M, ModuleAnalysisManager &AM) {
 
   std::string Data;
   raw_string_ostream OS(Data);
+  // Clone the module with Thin LTO, since ThinLTOBitcodeWriterPass changes
+  // vtable linkage that would break the non-lto object code for FatLTO.
   if (IsThinLTO)
-    ThinLTOBitcodeWriterPass(OS, /*ThinLinkOS=*/nullptr).run(M, AM);
+    ThinLTOBitcodeWriterPass(OS, /*ThinLinkOS=*/nullptr)
+        .run(*llvm::CloneModule(M), AM);
   else
     BitcodeWriterPass(OS, /*ShouldPreserveUseListOrder=*/false, EmitLTOSummary)
         .run(M, AM);
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/EmbedBitcode/embed-wpd.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/EmbedBitcode/embed-wpd.ll
index f1f7712f54039..54931be42b4eb 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/EmbedBitcode/embed-wpd.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/EmbedBitcode/embed-wpd.ll
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 ; RUN: opt --mtriple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu < %s -passes="embed-bitcode<thinlto>" -S | FileCheck %s
 
-; CHECK-NOT: $_ZTV3Foo = comdat any
+; CHECK: $_ZTV3Foo = comdat any
 $_ZTV3Foo = comdat any
 
 $_ZTI3Foo = comdat any
 
-; CHECK: @_ZTV3Foo = external hidden unnamed_addr constant { [5 x ptr] }, align 8
-; CHECK: @_ZTI3Foo = linkonce_odr hidden constant { ptr, ptr, ptr } { ptr getelementptr inbounds (ptr, ptr @_ZTVN10__cxxabiv120__si_class_type_infoE, i64 2), ptr @_ZTS3Foo, ptr @_ZTISt13runtime_error }, comdat, align 8
+;; ThinLTOBitcodeWriter will remove the vtable for Foo, and make it an external symbol
+; CHECK: @_ZTV3Foo = linkonce_odr hidden unnamed_addr constant { [5 x ptr] } { [5 x ptr] [ptr null, ptr @_ZTI3Foo, ptr @_ZN3FooD2Ev, ptr @_ZN3FooD0Ev, ptr @_ZNKSt13runtime_error4whatEv] }, comdat, align 8, !type !0, !type !1, !type !2, !type !3, !type !4, !type !5
+; CHECK-NOT: @foo = external unnamed_addr constant { [5 x ptr] }, align 8
 ; CHECK: @llvm.embedded.object = private constant {{.*}}, section ".llvm.lto", align 1
 ; CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [1 x ptr] [ptr @llvm.embedded.object], section "llvm.metadata"
 @_ZTV3Foo = linkonce_odr hidden unnamed_addr constant { [5 x ptr] } { [5 x ptr] [ptr null, ptr @_ZTI3Foo, ptr @_ZN3FooD2Ev, ptr @_ZN3FooD0Ev, ptr @_ZNKSt13runtime_error4whatEv] }, comdat, align 8, !type !0, !type !1, !type !2, !type !3, !type !4, !type !5