diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
index 5ac3a87c158e..02b50fa8a697 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ fn prepare_lto(
     // should have default visibility.
     symbols_below_threshold.push(c"__llvm_profile_counter_bias".to_owned());
 
+    // LTO seems to discard this otherwise under certain circumstances.
+    symbols_below_threshold.push(c"rust_eh_personality".to_owned());
+
     // If we're performing LTO for the entire crate graph, then for each of our
     // upstream dependencies, find the corresponding rlib and load the bitcode
     // from the archive.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/symbol_export.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/symbol_export.rs
index 5bc18e2d7f8b..8a1f20826a94 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/symbol_export.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/symbol_export.rs
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ fn reachable_non_generics_provider(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, _: LocalCrate) -> DefIdMap<S
             if tcx.cross_crate_inlinable(def_id) { None } else { Some(def_id) }
         })
         .map(|def_id| {
-            // We won't link right if this symbol is stripped during LTO.
-            let name = tcx.symbol_name(Instance::mono(tcx, def_id.to_def_id())).name;
-            let used = name == "rust_eh_personality";
-
             let export_level = if special_runtime_crate {
                 SymbolExportLevel::Rust
             } else {
@@ -131,8 +127,7 @@ fn reachable_non_generics_provider(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, _: LocalCrate) -> DefIdMap<S
                     SymbolExportKind::Text
                 },
                 used: codegen_attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::USED_COMPILER)
-                    || codegen_attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::USED_LINKER)
-                    || used,
+                    || codegen_attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::USED_LINKER),
                 rustc_std_internal_symbol: codegen_attrs
                     .flags
                     .contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::RUSTC_STD_INTERNAL_SYMBOL),