diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVUtils.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVUtils.cpp
index 4e2cc882ed6ba..b4b2c8d5947ce 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVUtils.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVUtils.cpp
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ getFirstValidInstructionInsertPoint(MachineBasicBlock &BB) {
 
 std::optional<SPIRV::LinkageType::LinkageType>
 getSpirvLinkageTypeFor(const SPIRVSubtarget &ST, const GlobalValue &GV) {
-  if (GV.hasLocalLinkage() || GV.hasHiddenVisibility())
+  if (GV.hasLocalLinkage())
     return std::nullopt;
 
   if (GV.isDeclarationForLinker())
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/SPIRV/linkage/link-hidden.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/SPIRV/linkage/link-hidden.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f4172df38ee8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/SPIRV/linkage/link-hidden.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -O0 -mtriple=spirv-unknown-unknown %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: %if spirv-tools %{ llc -O0 -mtriple=spirv-unknown-unknown %s -o - -filetype=obj | spirv-val %}
+
+; CHECK: OpName %[[BAR:[0-9]+]] "bar"
+; CHECK: OpDecorate %[[BAR]] LinkageAttributes "bar" Import
+; CHECK: %[[BAR]] = OpFunction
+
+define hidden spir_kernel void @foo() addrspace(4) {
+entry:
+  call spir_func addrspace(4) void @bar()
+  ret void
+}
+
+declare hidden spir_func void @bar() addrspace(4)