diff --git a/lib/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/Utility.cpp b/lib/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/Utility.cpp
index 3351dd076283..a3e80248e8b0 100644
--- a/lib/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/Utility.cpp
+++ b/lib/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/Utility.cpp
@@ -362,8 +362,10 @@ Value addStringToModule(Location loc, ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter,
   }
 
   Value zero = i32_val(0);
-  Value globalPtr =
-      rewriter.create<LLVM::AddressOfOp>(UnknownLoc::get(ctx), global);
+  Type globalPtrType =
+      LLVM::LLVMPointerType::get(globalType, global.getAddrSpace());
+  Value globalPtr = rewriter.create<LLVM::AddressOfOp>(
+      UnknownLoc::get(ctx), globalPtrType, global.getSymName());
   Value stringStart =
       rewriter.create<LLVM::GEPOp>(UnknownLoc::get(ctx), ptr_ty(i8_ty),
                                    globalPtr, SmallVector<Value>({zero, zero}));
diff --git a/llvm-hash.txt b/llvm-hash.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3eba2629ba9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm-hash.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+49af6502c6dcb4a7f7520178bd14df396f78240c
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 4bec219f1252..acda03fc1f21 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def get_llvm_package_info():
         return Package("llvm", "LLVM-C.lib", "", "LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS", "LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR", "LLVM_SYSPATH")
     # use_assert_enabled_llvm = check_env_flag("TRITON_USE_ASSERT_ENABLED_LLVM", "False")
     # release_suffix = "assert" if use_assert_enabled_llvm else "release"
-    rev = "b1115f8c"
+    rev = "49af6502"
     name = f"llvm-{rev}-{system_suffix}"
     url = f"https://tritonlang.blob.core.windows.net/llvm-builds/{name}.tar.gz"
     return Package("llvm", name, url, "LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS", "LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR", "LLVM_SYSPATH")