diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
index f98497f654b..18d71da4741 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
@@ -2392,10 +2392,6 @@ MachineInstr* X86InstrInfo::foldMemoryOperandImpl(MachineFunction &MF,
       return 0;
     }
 
-  // Conservatively fail out for loads without a memoperand.
-  if (LoadMI->memoperands_empty())
-    return 0;
-
   // Determine the alignment of the load.
   unsigned Alignment = 0;
   if (LoadMI->hasOneMemOperand())