diff --git a/lib/IRGen/IRGenSIL.cpp b/lib/IRGen/IRGenSIL.cpp
index 4b1ffb0b71ea0..dad6ac28e28e0 100644
--- a/lib/IRGen/IRGenSIL.cpp
+++ b/lib/IRGen/IRGenSIL.cpp
@@ -2942,10 +2942,9 @@ void IRGenSILFunction::visitAllocGlobalInst(AllocGlobalInst *i) {
 
 void IRGenSILFunction::visitGlobalAddrInst(GlobalAddrInst *i) {
   SILGlobalVariable *var = i->getReferencedGlobal();
-  SILType loweredTy = var->getLoweredTypeInContext(getExpansionContext());
-  assert(loweredTy == i->getType().getObjectType());
+  SILType loweredTy = var->getLoweredType();
   auto &ti = getTypeInfo(loweredTy);
-  
+
   auto expansion = IGM.getResilienceExpansionForLayout(var);
 
   // If the variable is empty in all resilience domains that can see it,
@@ -2968,7 +2967,15 @@ void IRGenSILFunction::visitGlobalAddrInst(GlobalAddrInst *i) {
   // Otherwise, the static storage for the global consists of a fixed-size
   // buffer; project it.
   addr = emitProjectValueInBuffer(*this, loweredTy, addr);
-  
+
+
+  // Get the address of the type in context.
+  SILType loweredTyInContext = var->getLoweredTypeInContext(getExpansionContext());
+  auto &tiInContext = getTypeInfo(loweredTyInContext);
+  auto ptr = Builder.CreateBitOrPointerCast(addr.getAddress(),
+                                            tiInContext.getStorageType()->getPointerTo());
+  addr = Address(ptr, tiInContext.getStorageType(),
+                 tiInContext.getBestKnownAlignment());
   setLoweredAddress(i, addr);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/IRGen/globals.swift b/test/IRGen/globals.swift
index dce8d83ad2208..4c84f3270eec9 100644
--- a/test/IRGen/globals.swift
+++ b/test/IRGen/globals.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %target-swift-frontend -primary-file %s -emit-ir | %FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %target-swift-frontend -primary-file %s -disable-availability-checking -emit-ir | %FileCheck %s
 
 // REQUIRES: swift_in_compiler
 // REQUIRES: PTRSIZE=64
@@ -54,3 +54,18 @@ extension A {
 // CHECK: define{{( dllexport)?}}{{( protected)?}} i32 @main(i32 %0, i8** %1) {{.*}} {
 // CHECK:      store  i64 {{.*}}, i64* getelementptr inbounds ([[INT]], [[INT]]* @"$s7globals2g0Sivp", i32 0, i32 0), align 8
 
+// CHECK:  [[BUF_PROJ:%.*]] = call {{.*}} @__swift_project_value_buffer({{.*}}s7globals1gQrvp
+// CHECK:  [[CAST:%.*]] = bitcast {{.*}} [[BUF_PROJ]]
+// CHECK:  [[CAST2:%.*]] = bitcast {{.*}} [[CAST]]
+// CHECK:  call void @llvm.memcpy{{.*}}({{.*}}[[CAST2]]
+
+
+public protocol Some {}
+
+public struct Implementer : Some {
+  var w = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4)
+
+  public init() { }
+}
+
+let g : some Some = Implementer()