1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsTargetStreamer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsTargetStreamer.cpp
index 58c1f0ee4ee..23c46351b82 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsTargetStreamer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsTargetStreamer.cpp
@@ -652,6 +652,14 @@ MipsTargetELFStreamer::MipsTargetELFStreamer(MCStreamer &S,
                                              const MCSubtargetInfo &STI)
     : MipsTargetStreamer(S), MicroMipsEnabled(false), STI(STI) {
   MCAssembler &MCA = getStreamer().getAssembler();
+
+  // It's possible that MCObjectFileInfo isn't fully initialized at this point
+  // due to an initialization order problem where LLVMTargetMachine creates the
+  // target streamer before TargetLoweringObjectFile calls
+  // InitializeMCObjectFileInfo. There doesn't seem to be a single place that
+  // covers all cases so this statement covers most cases and direct object
+  // emission must call setPic() once MCObjectFileInfo has been initialized. The
+  // cases we don't handle here are covered by MipsAsmPrinter.
   Pic = MCA.getContext().getObjectFileInfo()->getRelocM() == Reloc::PIC_;
 
   const FeatureBitset &Features = STI.getFeatureBits();