diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDecl.cpp
index 18135384021e8..f4549ab3033b2 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDecl.cpp
@@ -429,8 +429,10 @@ void CodeGenFunction::EmitStaticVarDecl(const VarDecl &D,
   bool isCudaSharedVar = getLangOpts().CUDA && getLangOpts().CUDAIsDevice &&
                          D.hasAttr<CUDASharedAttr>();
   // If this value has an initializer, emit it.
-  if (D.getInit() && !isCudaSharedVar)
+  if (D.getInit() && !isCudaSharedVar) {
+    ApplyAtomGroup Grp(getDebugInfo());
     var = AddInitializerToStaticVarDecl(D, var);
+  }
 
   var->setAlignment(alignment.getAsAlign());
 
diff --git a/clang/test/DebugInfo/KeyInstructions/init-static.cpp b/clang/test/DebugInfo/KeyInstructions/init-static.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..745303a3c9d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/DebugInfo/KeyInstructions/init-static.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -gkey-instructions %s -debug-info-kind=line-tables-only -emit-llvm -o -\
+// RUN: | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not atomGroup --implicit-check-not atomRank
+
+void g(int *a) {
+    // CHECK: %2 = load ptr, ptr %a.addr{{.*}}, !dbg [[G1R2:!.*]]
+    // CHECK: store ptr %2, ptr @_ZZ1gPiE1b{{.*}}, !dbg [[G1R1:!.*]]
+    static int &b = *a;
+}
+
+// CHECK: [[G1R2]] = !DILocation({{.*}}, atomGroup: 1, atomRank: 2)
+// CHECK: [[G1R1]] = !DILocation({{.*}}, atomGroup: 1, atomRank: 1)
+