diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testshared/testdata/depBase/dep.go b/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testshared/testdata/depBase/dep.go
index a143fe2ff16..6a8bf49c58a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testshared/testdata/depBase/dep.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testshared/testdata/depBase/dep.go
@@ -51,3 +51,8 @@ func F() int {
 	defer func() {}()
 	return V
 }
+
+func H() {
+	// Issue 67635: deadcoded closures causes linker crash.
+	func() { F() }()
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
index 241cf603dbd..20609ed7bfc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ func (d *deadcodePass) init() {
 		n := d.ldr.NDef()
 		for i := 1; i < n; i++ {
 			s := loader.Sym(i)
+			if d.ldr.SymType(s) == sym.STEXT && d.ldr.SymSize(s) == 0 {
+				// Zero-sized text symbol is a function deadcoded by the
+				// compiler. It doesn't really get compiled, and its
+				// metadata may be missing.
+				continue
+			}
 			d.mark(s, 0)
 		}
 		d.mark(d.ctxt.mainInittasks, 0)