diff --git a/base/compiler/ssair/passes.jl b/base/compiler/ssair/passes.jl
index f30860c0324ea..c61527053fe51 100644
--- a/base/compiler/ssair/passes.jl
+++ b/base/compiler/ssair/passes.jl
@@ -370,6 +370,13 @@ function lift_leaves(compact::IncrementalCompact, @nospecialize(stmt),
             end
         elseif isa(leaf, QuoteNode)
             leaf = leaf.value
+        elseif isa(leaf, GlobalRef)
+            mod, name = leaf.mod, leaf.name
+            if isdefined(mod, name) && isconst(mod, name)
+                leaf = getfield(mod, name)
+            else
+                return nothing
+            end
         elseif isa(leaf, Union{Argument, Expr})
             return nothing
         end
diff --git a/test/compiler/irpasses.jl b/test/compiler/irpasses.jl
index 46cc4571b5616..042d91d2ff700 100644
--- a/test/compiler/irpasses.jl
+++ b/test/compiler/irpasses.jl
@@ -290,3 +290,8 @@ end
 let K = rand(2,2)
     @test test_29253(K) == 2
 end
+
+# check getfield elim handling of GlobalRef
+const _some_coeffs = (1,[2],3,4)
+splat_from_globalref(x) = (x, _some_coeffs...,)
+@test splat_from_globalref(0) == (0, 1, [2], 3, 4)