diff --git a/misc/cgo/testshared/src/exe/exe.go b/misc/cgo/testshared/src/exe/exe.go
index 31fbedd31c558..f01ad8ab781e9 100644
--- a/misc/cgo/testshared/src/exe/exe.go
+++ b/misc/cgo/testshared/src/exe/exe.go
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 )
 
+// Having a function declared in the main package triggered
+// golang.org/issue/18250
+func DeclaredInMain() {
+}
+
 func main() {
 	defer depBase.ImplementedInAsm()
 	// This code below causes various go.itab.* symbols to be generated in
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
index 98ce3ad79b8f4..dd0e5407e828c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
@@ -602,8 +602,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) symtab() {
 	adduint(ctxt, moduledata, uint64(nitablinks))
 	adduint(ctxt, moduledata, uint64(nitablinks))
 	// The ptab slice
-	if ptab := ctxt.Syms.ROLookup("go.plugin.tabs", 0); ptab != nil {
-		ptab.Attr |= AttrReachable
+	if ptab := ctxt.Syms.ROLookup("go.plugin.tabs", 0); ptab != nil && ptab.Attr.Reachable() {
 		ptab.Attr |= AttrLocal
 		ptab.Type = obj.SRODATA