diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
index 054b664ca0a8..101d5085b980 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -15138,7 +15138,10 @@ void Sema::CheckCompleteVariableDeclaration(VarDecl *var) {
 
   // If this variable must be emitted, add it as an initializer for the current
   // module.
-  if (Context.DeclMustBeEmitted(var) && !ModuleScopes.empty())
+  if (Context.DeclMustBeEmitted(var) && !ModuleScopes.empty() &&
+      (ModuleScopes.back().Module->isHeaderLikeModule() ||
+       // For named modules, we may only emit non discardable variables.
+       !isDiscardableGVALinkage(Context.GetGVALinkageForVariable(var))))
     Context.addModuleInitializer(ModuleScopes.back().Module, var);
 
   // Build the bindings if this is a structured binding declaration.
diff --git a/clang/test/Modules/pr170099.cppm b/clang/test/Modules/pr170099.cppm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca3b4c10fe72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/Modules/pr170099.cppm
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple %itanium_abi_triple -std=c++26 -O3 -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+module;
+
+struct A {};
+
+struct B {
+	int x;
+	A   a;
+	constexpr B(char *) { x = int(); }
+	~B();
+};
+
+struct C {
+	B b = "";
+} inline c{};
+
+export module foo;
+
+// Just to make sure it won't crash
+// CHECK: @_ZGIW3foo