diff --git a/gcc/omp-offload.c b/gcc/omp-offload.c
index 7fb3a72ec55..590007b943c 100644
--- a/gcc/omp-offload.c
+++ b/gcc/omp-offload.c
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ omp_discover_declare_target_tgt_fn_r (tree *tp, int *walk_subtrees, void *data)
       symtab_node *node = symtab_node::get (*tp);
       if (node != NULL)
 	{
-	  while (node->alias_target)
+	  while (node->alias_target
+		 && TREE_CODE (node->alias_target) == FUNCTION_DECL)
 	    {
 	      if (!omp_declare_target_fn_p (node->decl)
 		  && !lookup_attribute ("omp declare target host",
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/gomp/pr97289.c b/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/gomp/pr97289.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8331b95f81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/gomp/pr97289.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* PR middle-end/97289 */
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-require-weak "" } */
+/* { dg-skip-if "" { "hppa*-*-hpux*" "*-*-aix*" "nvptx-*-*" } } */
+
+void foo (void);
+static void bar (void) __attribute__ ((__weakref__ ("foo")));
+
+void
+baz (void)
+{
+#pragma omp target
+  bar ();
+}