diff --git a/include/llvm/ExecutionEngine/ObjectBuffer.h b/include/llvm/ExecutionEngine/ObjectBuffer.h
index 88a4213ed85..ff282eacba9 100644
--- a/include/llvm/ExecutionEngine/ObjectBuffer.h
+++ b/include/llvm/ExecutionEngine/ObjectBuffer.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ public:
   /// Like MemoryBuffer::getMemBuffer() this function returns a pointer to an
   /// object that is owned by the caller. However, the caller does not take
   /// ownership of the underlying memory.
-  MemoryBuffer *getMemBuffer() const {
-    return MemoryBuffer::getMemBuffer(Buffer->getBuffer(),
-                                      Buffer->getBufferIdentifier(), false);
+  std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> getMemBuffer() const {
+    return std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer>(MemoryBuffer::getMemBuffer(
+        Buffer->getBuffer(), Buffer->getBufferIdentifier(), false));
   }
 
   const char *getBufferStart() const { return Buffer->getBufferStart(); }