diff --git a/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.h b/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.h
index 2f9dc54541b..8a939cc75ed 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.h
@@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ void SplitLandingPadPredecessors(BasicBlock *OrigBB,ArrayRef<BasicBlock*> Preds,
 ReturnInst *FoldReturnIntoUncondBranch(ReturnInst *RI, BasicBlock *BB,
                                        BasicBlock *Pred);
 
-/// GetFirstDebugLocInBasicBlock - Return first valid DebugLoc entry in a
-/// given basic block.
-DebugLoc GetFirstDebugLocInBasicBlock(const BasicBlock *BB);
-
 } // End llvm namespace
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.cpp
index 3859a1aec4a..55764321491 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.cpp
@@ -671,12 +671,3 @@ ReturnInst *llvm::FoldReturnIntoUncondBranch(ReturnInst *RI, BasicBlock *BB,
   return cast<ReturnInst>(NewRet);
 }
 
-/// GetFirstDebugLocInBasicBlock - Return first valid DebugLoc entry in a 
-/// given basic block.
-DebugLoc llvm::GetFirstDebugLocInBasicBlock(const BasicBlock *BB) {
-  if (const Instruction *I = BB->getFirstNonPHI())
-    return I->getDebugLoc();
-  // Scanning entire block may be too expensive, if the first instruction
-  // does not have valid location info.
-  return DebugLoc();
-}
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Utils/SSAUpdater.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Utils/SSAUpdater.cpp
index 184b67f3e63..b3f5289fcda 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Utils/SSAUpdater.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Utils/SSAUpdater.cpp
@@ -190,8 +190,11 @@ Value *SSAUpdater::GetValueInMiddleOfBlock(BasicBlock *BB) {
     return V;
   }
 
-  // Set DebugLoc.
-  InsertedPHI->setDebugLoc(GetFirstDebugLocInBasicBlock(BB));
+  // Set the DebugLoc of the inserted PHI, if available.
+  DebugLoc DL;
+  if (const Instruction *I = BB->getFirstNonPHI())
+      DL = I->getDebugLoc();
+  InsertedPHI->setDebugLoc(DL);
 
   // If the client wants to know about all new instructions, tell it.
   if (InsertedPHIs) InsertedPHIs->push_back(InsertedPHI);