diff --git a/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h b/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
index d7f5341a7f0..b71b8bbf1b3 100644
--- a/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
+++ b/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
@@ -685,6 +685,12 @@ public:
   /// eraseFromBundle() to erase individual bundled instructions.
   void eraseFromParent();
 
+  /// Unlink 'this' from the containing basic block and delete it.
+  ///
+  /// For all definitions mark their uses in DBG_VALUE nodes
+  /// as undefined. Otherwise like eraseFromParent().
+  void eraseFromParentAndMarkDBGValuesForRemoval();
+
   /// Unlink 'this' form its basic block and delete it.
   ///
   /// If the instruction is part of a bundle, the other instructions in the
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/DeadMachineInstructionElim.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/DeadMachineInstructionElim.cpp
index 535477de788..f3be2abacd7 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/DeadMachineInstructionElim.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/DeadMachineInstructionElim.cpp
@@ -124,19 +124,10 @@ bool DeadMachineInstructionElim::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) {
       if (isDead(MI)) {
         DEBUG(dbgs() << "DeadMachineInstructionElim: DELETING: " << *MI);
         // It is possible that some DBG_VALUE instructions refer to this
-        // instruction.  Examine each def operand for such references;
-        // if found, mark the DBG_VALUE as undef (but don't delete it).
-        for (unsigned i = 0, e = MI->getNumOperands(); i != e; ++i) {
-          const MachineOperand &MO = MI->getOperand(i);
-          if (!MO.isReg() || !MO.isDef())
-            continue;
-          unsigned Reg = MO.getReg();
-          if (!TargetRegisterInfo::isVirtualRegister(Reg))
-            continue;
-          MRI->markUsesInDebugValueAsUndef(Reg);
-        }
+        // instruction.  They get marked as undef and will be deleted
+        // in the live debug variable analysis.
+        MI->eraseFromParentAndMarkDBGValuesForRemoval();
         AnyChanges = true;
-        MI->eraseFromParent();
         ++NumDeletes;
         MIE = MBB->rend();
         // MII is now pointing to the next instruction to process,
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/MachineInstr.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/MachineInstr.cpp
index 06af6f88d92..ad58cf39bac 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/MachineInstr.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/MachineInstr.cpp
@@ -895,6 +895,27 @@ void MachineInstr::eraseFromParent() {
   getParent()->erase(this);
 }
 
+void MachineInstr::eraseFromParentAndMarkDBGValuesForRemoval() {
+  assert(getParent() && "Not embedded in a basic block!");
+  MachineBasicBlock *MBB = getParent();
+  MachineFunction *MF = MBB->getParent();
+  assert(MF && "Not embedded in a function!");
+
+  MachineInstr *MI = (MachineInstr *)this;
+  MachineRegisterInfo &MRI = MF->getRegInfo();
+
+  for (unsigned i = 0, e = MI->getNumOperands(); i != e; ++i) {
+    const MachineOperand &MO = MI->getOperand(i);
+    if (!MO.isReg() || !MO.isDef())
+      continue;
+    unsigned Reg = MO.getReg();
+    if (!TargetRegisterInfo::isVirtualRegister(Reg))
+      continue;
+    MRI.markUsesInDebugValueAsUndef(Reg);
+  }
+  MI->eraseFromParent();
+}
+
 void MachineInstr::eraseFromBundle() {
   assert(getParent() && "Not embedded in a basic block!");
   getParent()->erase_instr(this);