diff --git a/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
index 35af7b7..252f94dc 100644
--- a/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ b/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -5004,10 +5004,7 @@ void Sema::CheckShadow(Scope *S, VarDecl *D) {
 
 template<typename T>
 static bool mayConflictWithNonVisibleExternC(const T *ND) {
-  VarDecl::StorageClass SC = ND->getStorageClass();
-  if (ND->isExternC() && (SC == SC_Extern || SC == SC_PrivateExtern))
-    return true;
-  return ND->getDeclContext()->isTranslationUnit();
+  return ND->isExternC() || ND->getDeclContext()->isTranslationUnit();
 }
 
 /// \brief Perform semantic checking on a newly-created variable
diff --git a/test/SemaCXX/function-redecl.cpp b/test/SemaCXX/function-redecl.cpp
index 4a5638f..7bf44b1 100644
--- a/test/SemaCXX/function-redecl.cpp
+++ b/test/SemaCXX/function-redecl.cpp
@@ -134,3 +134,14 @@ namespace test3 {
   }
 }
 float test3_x; // expected-error {{redefinition of 'test3_x' with a different type: 'float' vs 'int'}}
+
+namespace test4 {
+  extern "C" {
+    void f() {
+      extern int b; // expected-note {{previous definition is here}}
+    }
+  }
+  extern "C" {
+    float b; // expected-error {{redefinition of 'b' with a different type: 'float' vs 'int'}}
+  }
+}