diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
index 0ad807cca36c7..3c2c7575ed998 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -14363,8 +14363,8 @@ void Sema::CheckCompleteVariableDeclaration(VarDecl *var) {
     bool MSVCEnv =
         Context.getTargetInfo().getTriple().isWindowsMSVCEnvironment();
     std::optional<QualType::NonConstantStorageReason> Reason;
-    if (var->hasInit() && HasConstInit && !(Reason =
-        var->getType().isNonConstantStorage(Context, true, false))) {
+    if (HasConstInit &&
+        !(Reason = var->getType().isNonConstantStorage(Context, true, false))) {
       Stack = &ConstSegStack;
     } else {
       SectionFlags |= ASTContext::PSF_Write;
diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/attr-section.c b/clang/test/Sema/attr-section.c
index 1f058c24f980f..2f9ac2f1ce944 100644
--- a/clang/test/Sema/attr-section.c
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/attr-section.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ extern int a __attribute__((section("foo,zed"))); // expected-warning {{section
 int c;
 int c __attribute__((section("seg1,sec1")));
 
+const int with_init __attribute__((section("init_mix,x"))) = 1;
+const int no_init __attribute__((section("init_mix,x")));
+
 // Also OK.
 struct r_debug {};
 extern struct r_debug _r_debug;