diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-directives.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-directives.cpp
index b97f7ce58a1c0..fa84c35424108 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-directives.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-directives.cpp
@@ -1064,7 +1064,8 @@ class OmpAttributeVisitor : DirectiveAttributeVisitor<llvm::omp::Directive> {
       Symbol::Flag::OmpIsDevicePtr, Symbol::Flag::OmpHasDeviceAddr};
 
   Symbol::Flags privateDataSharingAttributeFlags{Symbol::Flag::OmpPrivate,
-      Symbol::Flag::OmpFirstPrivate, Symbol::Flag::OmpLastPrivate};
+      Symbol::Flag::OmpFirstPrivate, Symbol::Flag::OmpLastPrivate,
+      Symbol::Flag::OmpLinear};
 
   Symbol::Flags ompFlagsRequireNewSymbol{Symbol::Flag::OmpPrivate,
       Symbol::Flag::OmpLinear, Symbol::Flag::OmpFirstPrivate,
@@ -3263,6 +3264,8 @@ void OmpAttributeVisitor::CheckObjectIsPrivatizable(
     clauseName = "FIRSTPRIVATE";
   } else if (ompFlag == Symbol::Flag::OmpLastPrivate) {
     clauseName = "LASTPRIVATE";
+  } else if (ompFlag == Symbol::Flag::OmpLinear) {
+    clauseName = "LINEAR";
   }
 
   if (SymbolOrEquivalentIsInNamelist(symbol)) {
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/OpenMP/private03.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/OpenMP/private03.f90
index 61f790fbb38b2..e921d8a58fdba 100644
--- a/flang/test/Semantics/OpenMP/private03.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/OpenMP/private03.f90
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ! RUN: %python %S/../test_errors.py %s %flang -fopenmp
 ! OpenMP Version 4.5
 ! Variables that appear in expressions for statement function definitions
-! may not appear in private, firstprivate or lastprivate clauses.
+! may not appear in private, firstprivate, lastprivate or linear clauses.
 
 subroutine stmt_function(temp)
 
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ subroutine stmt_function(temp)
   end do
   !$omp end parallel do
 
+  !ERROR: Variable 'p' in statement function expression cannot be in a LINEAR clause
+  !$omp parallel do simd linear(p)
+  do i = 1, 10
+  t(i) = v(temp) + i
+  p = p + 1
+  end do
+  !$omp end parallel do simd
+
   print *, t
 
 end subroutine stmt_function