diff --git a/include/llvm/BasicBlock.h b/include/llvm/BasicBlock.h
index b02c249c7ee..3b953c06a81 100644
--- a/include/llvm/BasicBlock.h
+++ b/include/llvm/BasicBlock.h
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ public:
     return const_cast<BasicBlock*>(this)->getFirstNonPHIOrDbg();
   }
 
+  // Same as above, but also skip lifetime intrinsics.
+  Instruction* getFirstNonPHIOrDbgOrLifetime();
+  const Instruction* getFirstNonPHIOrDbgOrLifetime() const {
+    return const_cast<BasicBlock*>(this)->getFirstNonPHIOrDbgOrLifetime();
+  }
+
   /// removeFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing
   /// function, but does not delete it.
   ///
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Utils/Local.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Utils/Local.cpp
index b1dd733ffe5..00469454851 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Utils/Local.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Utils/Local.cpp
@@ -536,9 +536,9 @@ static bool CanPropagatePredecessorsForPHIs(BasicBlock *BB, BasicBlock *Succ) {
 
 /// TryToSimplifyUncondBranchFromEmptyBlock - BB is known to contain an
 /// unconditional branch, and contains no instructions other than PHI nodes,
-/// potential debug intrinsics and the branch.  If possible, eliminate BB by
-/// rewriting all the predecessors to branch to the successor block and return
-/// true.  If we can't transform, return false.
+/// potential side-effect free intrinsics and the branch.  If possible,
+/// eliminate BB by rewriting all the predecessors to branch to the successor
+/// block and return true.  If we can't transform, return false.
 bool llvm::TryToSimplifyUncondBranchFromEmptyBlock(BasicBlock *BB) {
   assert(BB != &BB->getParent()->getEntryBlock() &&
          "TryToSimplifyUncondBranchFromEmptyBlock called on entry block!");
@@ -613,13 +613,15 @@ bool llvm::TryToSimplifyUncondBranchFromEmptyBlock(BasicBlock *BB) {
     }
   }
   
-  while (PHINode *PN = dyn_cast<PHINode>(&BB->front())) {
-    if (Succ->getSinglePredecessor()) {
-      // BB is the only predecessor of Succ, so Succ will end up with exactly
-      // the same predecessors BB had.
-      Succ->getInstList().splice(Succ->begin(),
-                                 BB->getInstList(), BB->begin());
-    } else {
+  if (Succ->getSinglePredecessor()) {
+    // BB is the only predecessor of Succ, so Succ will end up with exactly
+    // the same predecessors BB had.
+
+    // Copy over any phi, debug or lifetime instruction.
+    BB->getTerminator()->eraseFromParent();
+    Succ->getInstList().splice(Succ->begin(), BB->getInstList());
+  } else {
+    while (PHINode *PN = dyn_cast<PHINode>(&BB->front())) {
       // We explicitly check for such uses in CanPropagatePredecessorsForPHIs.
       assert(PN->use_empty() && "There shouldn't be any uses here!");
       PN->eraseFromParent();
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
index 7b93b4a8e25..49726d5533d 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
@@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@ bool SimplifyCFGOpt::SimplifyUncondBranch(BranchInst *BI, IRBuilder<> &Builder){
   BasicBlock *BB = BI->getParent();
   
   // If the Terminator is the only non-phi instruction, simplify the block.
-  BasicBlock::iterator I = BB->getFirstNonPHIOrDbg();
+  BasicBlock::iterator I = BB->getFirstNonPHIOrDbgOrLifetime();
   if (I->isTerminator() && BB != &BB->getParent()->getEntryBlock() &&
       TryToSimplifyUncondBranchFromEmptyBlock(BB))
     return true;
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/BasicBlock.cpp b/lib/VMCore/BasicBlock.cpp
index 7d470440aff..70265c899d7 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/BasicBlock.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/BasicBlock.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,26 @@ Instruction* BasicBlock::getFirstNonPHIOrDbg() {
   return &*i;
 }
 
+Instruction* BasicBlock::getFirstNonPHIOrDbgOrLifetime() {
+  // All valid basic blocks should have a terminator,
+  // which is not a PHINode. If we have an invalid basic
+  // block we'll get an assertion failure when dereferencing
+  // a past-the-end iterator.
+  BasicBlock::iterator i = begin();
+  for (;; ++i) {
+    if (isa<PHINode>(i) || isa<DbgInfoIntrinsic>(i))
+      continue;
+
+    const IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast<IntrinsicInst>(i);
+    if (!II)
+      break;
+    if (II->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::lifetime_start &&
+        II->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::lifetime_end)
+      break;
+  }
+  return &*i;
+}
+
 void BasicBlock::dropAllReferences() {
   for(iterator I = begin(), E = end(); I != E; ++I)
     I->dropAllReferences();
diff --git a/test/Transforms/SimplifyCFG/lifetime.ll b/test/Transforms/SimplifyCFG/lifetime.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7942217253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Transforms/SimplifyCFG/lifetime.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+; RUN: opt < %s -simplifycfg -S | FileCheck %s
+
+; Test that a lifetime intrinsic doesn't prevent us from simplifying this.
+
+; CHECK: foo
+; CHECK: entry:
+; CHECK-NOT: bb0:
+; CHECK-NOT: bb1:
+; CHECK: ret
+define void @foo(i1 %x) {
+entry:
+  %a = alloca i8
+  call void @llvm.lifetime.start(i64 -1, i8* %a) nounwind
+  br i1 %x, label %bb0, label %bb1
+
+bb0:
+  call void @llvm.lifetime.end(i64 -1, i8* %a) nounwind
+  br label %bb1
+
+bb1:
+  call void @f()
+  ret void
+}
+
+declare void @f()
+
+declare void @llvm.lifetime.start(i64, i8* nocapture) nounwind
+
+declare void @llvm.lifetime.end(i64, i8* nocapture) nounwind