diff --git a/lib/Analysis/ConstantFolding.cpp b/lib/Analysis/ConstantFolding.cpp
index 4b0b9a54c77..eaf90d014ff 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/ConstantFolding.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/ConstantFolding.cpp
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ Constant *llvm::ConstantFoldLoadFromConstPtr(Constant *C,
   // Instead of loading constant c string, use corresponding integer value
   // directly if string length is small enough.
   std::string Str;
-  if (TD && GetConstantStringInfo(CE->getOperand(0), Str) && !Str.empty()) {
+  if (TD && GetConstantStringInfo(CE, Str) && !Str.empty()) {
     unsigned StrLen = Str.length();
     const Type *Ty = cast<PointerType>(CE->getType())->getElementType();
     unsigned NumBits = Ty->getPrimitiveSizeInBits();
diff --git a/test/Transforms/ConstProp/loads.ll b/test/Transforms/ConstProp/loads.ll
index edd26b87725..9151d256b02 100644
--- a/test/Transforms/ConstProp/loads.ll
+++ b/test/Transforms/ConstProp/loads.ll
@@ -101,3 +101,12 @@ entry:
 }
 
 
+; PR5551
+@test12g = private constant [6 x i8] c"a\00b\00\00\00"
+
+define i16 @test12() {
+  %a = load i16* getelementptr inbounds ([3 x i16]* bitcast ([6 x i8]* @test12g to [3 x i16]*), i32 0, i64 1) 
+  ret i16 %a
+; CHECK: @test12
+; CHECK: ret i16 98
+}