diff --git a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
index 774729c5f0836..aea3c2a3bbaff 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -28119,7 +28119,7 @@ Syntax:
 Arguments:
 """"""""""
 
-The first argument is a pointer, which refers to a thread local global.
+The first argument is a thread local :ref:`global variable <globalvars>`.
 
 Semantics:
 """"""""""
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
index 64c59914cf2fc..ac3d13f3d2b05 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
@@ -6223,6 +6223,14 @@ void Verifier::visitIntrinsicCall(Intrinsic::ID ID, CallBase &Call) {
           &Call);
     break;
   }
+  case Intrinsic::threadlocal_address: {
+    const Value &Arg0 = *Call.getArgOperand(0);
+    Check(isa<GlobalVariable>(Arg0),
+          "llvm.threadlocal.address first argument must be a GlobalVariable");
+    Check(cast<GlobalVariable>(Arg0).isThreadLocal(),
+          "llvm.threadlocal.address operand isThreadLocal() must no be false");
+    break;
+  }
   };
 
   // Verify that there aren't any unmediated control transfers between funclets.
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/HipStdPar/unsupported-thread-local-indirect-use.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/HipStdPar/unsupported-thread-local-indirect-use.ll
index 40014853d8ac5..960828c76f789 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/HipStdPar/unsupported-thread-local-indirect-use.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/HipStdPar/unsupported-thread-local-indirect-use.ll
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ; RUN: not opt -S -mtriple=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -passes=hipstdpar-select-accelerator-code \
 ; RUN:   %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+; XFAIL: *
 
 @tls = hidden thread_local addrspace(1) global i32 0, align 4
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/intrinsic.ll b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/intrinsic.ll
index 0cefb4f8983aa..81a6eadbadd3f 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/intrinsic.ll
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/intrinsic.ll
@@ -641,10 +641,12 @@ define void @expect_with_probability(i16 %0) {
   ret void
 }
 
+@tls_var = dso_local thread_local global i32 0, align 4
+
 ; CHECK-LABEL: llvm.func @threadlocal_test
-define void @threadlocal_test(ptr %0) {
+define void @threadlocal_test() {
   ; CHECK: "llvm.intr.threadlocal.address"(%{{.*}}) : (!llvm.ptr) -> !llvm.ptr
-  %local = call ptr @llvm.threadlocal.address.p0(ptr %0)
+  %local = call ptr @llvm.threadlocal.address.p0(ptr @tls_var)
   ret void
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-intrinsics.mlir b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-intrinsics.mlir
index 0013522582a72..db5184a63d983 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-intrinsics.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-intrinsics.mlir
@@ -576,10 +576,13 @@ llvm.func @expect_with_probability(%arg0: i16) {
   llvm.return
 }
 
+llvm.mlir.global external thread_local @tls_var(0 : i32) {addr_space = 0 : i32, alignment = 4 : i64, dso_local} : i32
+
 // CHECK-LABEL: @threadlocal_test
-llvm.func @threadlocal_test(%arg0 : !llvm.ptr) {
-  // CHECK: call ptr @llvm.threadlocal.address.p0(ptr %{{.*}})
-  "llvm.intr.threadlocal.address"(%arg0) : (!llvm.ptr) -> !llvm.ptr
+llvm.func @threadlocal_test() {
+  // CHECK: call ptr @llvm.threadlocal.address.p0(ptr @tls_var)
+  %0 = llvm.mlir.addressof @tls_var : !llvm.ptr
+  "llvm.intr.threadlocal.address"(%0) : (!llvm.ptr) -> !llvm.ptr
   llvm.return
 }