diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp b/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
index a43bc0bb818..8e40668b2fa 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
@@ -2268,6 +2268,9 @@ SDValue MipsTargetLowering::lowerFP_TO_SINT(SDValue Op,
 static bool CC_MipsO32(unsigned ValNo, MVT ValVT, MVT LocVT,
                        CCValAssign::LocInfo LocInfo, ISD::ArgFlagsTy ArgFlags,
                        CCState &State, const MCPhysReg *F64Regs) {
+  const MipsSubtarget &Subtarget =
+      State.getMachineFunction().getTarget()
+          .getSubtarget<const MipsSubtarget>();
 
   static const unsigned IntRegsSize = 4, FloatRegsSize = 2;
 
@@ -2278,6 +2281,19 @@ static bool CC_MipsO32(unsigned ValNo, MVT ValVT, MVT LocVT,
   if (ArgFlags.isByVal())
     return true;
 
+  // Promote i8 and i16
+  if (ArgFlags.isInReg() && !Subtarget.isLittle()) {
+    if (LocVT == MVT::i8 || LocVT == MVT::i16 || LocVT == MVT::i32) {
+      LocVT = MVT::i32;
+      if (ArgFlags.isSExt())
+        LocInfo = CCValAssign::SExtUpper;
+      else if (ArgFlags.isZExt())
+        LocInfo = CCValAssign::ZExtUpper;
+      else
+        LocInfo = CCValAssign::AExtUpper;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Promote i8 and i16
   if (LocVT == MVT::i8 || LocVT == MVT::i16) {
     LocVT = MVT::i32;
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/Mips/cconv/arguments-struct.ll b/test/CodeGen/Mips/cconv/arguments-struct.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16cf1808bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CodeGen/Mips/cconv/arguments-struct.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+; RUN: llc -march=mips -relocation-model=static < %s | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALL --check-prefix=SYM32 --check-prefix=O32-BE %s
+; RUN: llc -march=mipsel -relocation-model=static < %s | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALL --check-prefix=SYM32 --check-prefix=O32-LE %s
+
+; RUN-TODO: llc -march=mips64 -relocation-model=static -mattr=-n64,+o32 < %s | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALL --check-prefix=SYM32 --check-prefix=O32-BE %s
+; RUN-TODO: llc -march=mips64el -relocation-model=static -mattr=-n64,+o32 < %s | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALL --check-prefix=SYM32 --check-prefix=O32-LE %s
+
+; RUN: llc -march=mips64 -relocation-model=static -mattr=-n64,+n32 < %s | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALL --check-prefix=SYM32 --check-prefix=NEW-BE %s
+; RUN: llc -march=mips64el -relocation-model=static -mattr=-n64,+n32 < %s | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALL --check-prefix=SYM32 --check-prefix=NEW-LE %s
+
+; RUN: llc -march=mips64 -relocation-model=static -mattr=-n64,+n64 < %s | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALL --check-prefix=SYM64 --check-prefix=NEW-BE %s
+; RUN: llc -march=mips64el -relocation-model=static -mattr=-n64,+n64 < %s | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALL --check-prefix=SYM64 --check-prefix=NEW-LE %s
+
+; Test small structures for all ABI's and byte orders.
+;
+; N32/N64 are identical in this area so their checks have been combined into
+; the 'NEW' prefix (the N stands for New).
+
+@bytes = global [2 x i8] zeroinitializer
+
+define void @s_i8(i8 inreg %a) nounwind {
+entry:
+	store i8 %a, i8* getelementptr inbounds ([2 x i8]* @bytes, i32 0, i32 1)
+        ret void
+}
+
+; ALL-LABEL: s_i8:
+
+; SYM32-DAG:   lui   [[PTR_HI:\$[0-9]+]], %hi(bytes)
+; SYM32-DAG:   addiu [[PTR:\$[0-9]+]], [[PTR_HI]], %lo(bytes)
+
+; SYM64-DAG:   ld    [[PTR:\$[0-9]+]], %got_disp(bytes)(
+
+; O32-BE-DAG:  srl [[ARG:\$[0-9]+]], $4, 24
+; O32-BE-DAG:  sb  [[ARG]], 1([[PTR]])
+
+; O32-LE-DAG:  sb  $4, 1([[PTR]])
+
+; NEW-BE-DAG:  dsrl [[ARG:\$[0-9]+]], $4, 56
+; NEW-BE-DAG:  sb   [[ARG]], 1([[PTR]])
+
+; NEW-LE-DAG:  sb   $4, 1([[PTR]])