diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
index ae16d41b1cc..a6d13d1ac5f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ func (s *InitSchedule) staticcopy(l *Node, r *Node) bool {
 	if r.Name.Defn.Op != OAS {
 		return false
 	}
+	if r.Type.IsString() { // perhaps overwritten by cmd/link -X (#34675)
+		return false
+	}
 	orig := r
 	r = r.Name.Defn.Right
 
diff --git a/test/linkx.go b/test/linkx.go
index 20b8c773d8b..520a0651827 100644
--- a/test/linkx.go
+++ b/test/linkx.go
@@ -14,10 +14,19 @@ import "fmt"
 var tbd string
 var overwrite string = "dibs"
 
+var tbdcopy = tbd
+var overwritecopy = overwrite
+var arraycopy = [2]string{tbd, overwrite}
+
 var b bool
 var x int
 
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println(tbd)
+	fmt.Println(tbdcopy)
+	fmt.Println(arraycopy[0])
+
 	fmt.Println(overwrite)
+	fmt.Println(overwritecopy)
+	fmt.Println(arraycopy[1])
 }
diff --git a/test/linkx_run.go b/test/linkx_run.go
index ca9d31612ac..f25053bf28e 100644
--- a/test/linkx_run.go
+++ b/test/linkx_run.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func test(sep string) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	want := "hello\ntrumped\n"
+	want := "hello\nhello\nhello\ntrumped\ntrumped\ntrumped\n"
 	got := out.String()
 	if got != want {
 		fmt.Printf("got %q want %q\n", got, want)