diff --git a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
index 85b39176754b64..6e1021a6df22c8 100644
--- a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
@@ -4808,6 +4808,40 @@ void RewriteInstance::updateELFSymbolTable(
     // Create a new symbol based on the existing symbol.
     ELFSymTy NewSymbol = Symbol;
 
+    // Handle special symbols based on their name.
+    Expected<StringRef> SymbolName = Symbol.getName(StringSection);
+    assert(SymbolName && "cannot get symbol name");
+
+    auto updateSymbolValue = [&](const StringRef Name,
+                                 std::optional<uint64_t> Value = std::nullopt) {
+      NewSymbol.st_value = Value ? *Value : getNewValueForSymbol(Name);
+      NewSymbol.st_shndx = ELF::SHN_ABS;
+      BC->outs() << "BOLT-INFO: setting " << Name << " to 0x"
+                 << Twine::utohexstr(NewSymbol.st_value) << '\n';
+    };
+
+    if (*SymbolName == "__hot_start" || *SymbolName == "__hot_end") {
+      if (opts::HotText) {
+        updateSymbolValue(*SymbolName);
+        ++NumHotTextSymsUpdated;
+      }
+      goto registerSymbol;
+    }
+
+    if (*SymbolName == "__hot_data_start" || *SymbolName == "__hot_data_end") {
+      if (opts::HotData) {
+        updateSymbolValue(*SymbolName);
+        ++NumHotDataSymsUpdated;
+      }
+      goto registerSymbol;
+    }
+
+    if (*SymbolName == "_end") {
+      if (NextAvailableAddress > Symbol.st_value)
+        updateSymbolValue(*SymbolName, NextAvailableAddress);
+      goto registerSymbol;
+    }
+
     if (Function) {
       // If the symbol matched a function that was not emitted, update the
       // corresponding section index but otherwise leave it unchanged.
@@ -4904,33 +4938,7 @@ void RewriteInstance::updateELFSymbolTable(
       }
     }
 
-    // Handle special symbols based on their name.
-    Expected<StringRef> SymbolName = Symbol.getName(StringSection);
-    assert(SymbolName && "cannot get symbol name");
-
-    auto updateSymbolValue = [&](const StringRef Name,
-                                 std::optional<uint64_t> Value = std::nullopt) {
-      NewSymbol.st_value = Value ? *Value : getNewValueForSymbol(Name);
-      NewSymbol.st_shndx = ELF::SHN_ABS;
-      BC->outs() << "BOLT-INFO: setting " << Name << " to 0x"
-                 << Twine::utohexstr(NewSymbol.st_value) << '\n';
-    };
-
-    if (opts::HotText &&
-        (*SymbolName == "__hot_start" || *SymbolName == "__hot_end")) {
-      updateSymbolValue(*SymbolName);
-      ++NumHotTextSymsUpdated;
-    }
-
-    if (opts::HotData && (*SymbolName == "__hot_data_start" ||
-                          *SymbolName == "__hot_data_end")) {
-      updateSymbolValue(*SymbolName);
-      ++NumHotDataSymsUpdated;
-    }
-
-    if (*SymbolName == "_end" && NextAvailableAddress > Symbol.st_value)
-      updateSymbolValue(*SymbolName, NextAvailableAddress);
-
+  registerSymbol:
     if (IsDynSym)
       Write((&Symbol - cantFail(Obj.symbols(&SymTabSection)).begin()) *
                 sizeof(ELFSymTy),
diff --git a/bolt/test/runtime/X86/hot-end-symbol.s b/bolt/test/runtime/X86/hot-end-symbol.s
index e6d83d77167acd..6ae771cead7568 100755
--- a/bolt/test/runtime/X86/hot-end-symbol.s
+++ b/bolt/test/runtime/X86/hot-end-symbol.s
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # RUN: %clang %cflags -no-pie %t.o -o %t.exe -Wl,-q
 
 # RUN: llvm-bolt %t.exe --relocs=1 --hot-text --reorder-functions=hfsort \
+# RUN:    --split-functions --split-strategy=all \
 # RUN:    --data %t.fdata -o %t.out | FileCheck %s
 
 # RUN: %t.out 1
@@ -30,12 +31,12 @@
 # CHECK-OUTPUT:       __hot_start
 # CHECK-OUTPUT-NEXT:  main
 # CHECK-OUTPUT-NEXT:  __hot_end
+# CHECK-OUTPUT-NOT:   __hot_start.cold
 
   .text
   .globl  main
   .type main, %function
   .globl  __hot_start
-  .type __hot_start, %object
   .p2align  4
 main:
 __hot_start: