diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/AddDebugInfo.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/AddDebugInfo.cpp
index 0847b4d5d3b89..8f1dc8dcfe3f6 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/AddDebugInfo.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/AddDebugInfo.cpp
@@ -561,7 +561,8 @@ void AddDebugInfoPass::handleGlobalOp(fir::GlobalOp globalOp,
   // declared inside a procedure, is not visible outside this compilation unit.
   // It also needs no linkage name because there is no external symbol for a
   // debugger to match it against.
-  const bool isLocalToUnit = globalOp.getLinkName() == "internal";
+  const bool isLocalToUnit =
+      globalOp.getLinkage() == fir::LinkageEnum::Internal;
   mlir::StringAttr linkageName =
       isLocalToUnit ? mlir::StringAttr()
                     : mlir::StringAttr::get(context, globalOp.getName());