diff --git a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
index a35f6aa1cdf53..4b821d15ed185 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ bool CompilerInvocation::ParseCodeGenArgs(CodeGenOptions &Opts, ArgList &Args,
   if (Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(OPT_ftlsmodel_EQ)) {
     if (T.isOSAIX()) {
       StringRef Name = A->getValue();
-      if (Name != "global-dynamic" && Name != "local-exec")
+      if (Name == "local-dynamic")
         Diags.Report(diag::err_aix_unsupported_tls_model) << Name;
     }
   }
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
index 949d5bec08931..728ee4acf429a 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
@@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@ static void handleTLSModelAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
   }
 
   if (S.Context.getTargetInfo().getTriple().isOSAIX() &&
-      Model != "global-dynamic" && Model != "local-exec") {
+      Model == "local-dynamic") {
     S.Diag(LiteralLoc, diag::err_aix_attr_unsupported_tls_model) << Model;
     return;
   }
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-tls-model.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-tls-model.cpp
index 2b53df54a5e3c..9fdd6855a89ee 100644
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-tls-model.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-tls-model.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-GD
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=global-dynamic -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-GD
 // RUN: not %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=local-dynamic -emit-llvm 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-LD-ERROR
-// RUN: not %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=initial-exec -emit-llvm  2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-IE-ERROR
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=initial-exec -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-IE
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=local-exec -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-LE
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc64-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-GD
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc64-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=global-dynamic -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-GD
 // RUN: not %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc64-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=local-dynamic -emit-llvm 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-LD-ERROR
-// RUN: not %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc64-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=initial-exec -emit-llvm  2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-IE-ERROR
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc64-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=initial-exec -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-IE
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple powerpc64-unknown-aix -target-cpu pwr8 -ftls-model=local-exec -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-LE
 
 int z1 = 0;
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ int f() {
 // CHECK-GD: @x ={{.*}} thread_local global i32 0
 // CHECK-GD: @_ZZ1fvE1y = internal thread_local global i32 0
 // CHECK-LD-ERROR:  error: TLS model 'local-dynamic' is not yet supported on AIX
-// CHECK-IE-ERROR:  error: TLS model 'initial-exec' is not yet supported on AIX
+// CHECK-IE: @z1 ={{.*}} global i32 0
+// CHECK-IE: @z2 ={{.*}} global i32 0
+// CHECK-IE: @x ={{.*}} thread_local(initialexec) global i32 0
+// CHECK-IE: @_ZZ1fvE1y = internal thread_local(initialexec) global i32 0
 // CHECK-LE: @z1 ={{.*}} global i32 0
 // CHECK-LE: @z2 ={{.*}} global i32 0
 // CHECK-LE: @x ={{.*}} thread_local(localexec) global i32 0
diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/aix-attr-tls_model.c b/clang/test/Sema/aix-attr-tls_model.c
index 245a4434d35c6..9c22d6cceed81 100644
--- a/clang/test/Sema/aix-attr-tls_model.c
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/aix-attr-tls_model.c
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 static __thread int y __attribute((tls_model("global-dynamic"))); // no-warning
 static __thread int y __attribute((tls_model("local-dynamic"))); // expected-error {{TLS model 'local-dynamic' is not yet supported on AIX}}
-static __thread int y __attribute((tls_model("initial-exec"))); // expected-error {{TLS model 'initial-exec' is not yet supported on AIX}}
+static __thread int y __attribute((tls_model("initial-exec"))); // no-warning
 static __thread int y __attribute((tls_model("local-exec"))); // no-warning