diff --git a/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPU.td b/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPU.td
index 569ad3844b2..ef8ef626854 100644
--- a/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPU.td
+++ b/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPU.td
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ def FeatureEnableLoadStoreOpt : SubtargetFeature <"load-store-opt",
         "true",
         "Enable SI load/store optimizer pass">;
 
+// Performance debugging feature. Allow using DS instruction immediate
+// offsets even if the base pointer can't be proven to be base. On SI,
+// base pointer values that won't give the same result as a 16-bit add
+// are not safe to fold, but this will override the conservative test
+// for the base pointer.
+def FeatureEnableUnsafeDSOffsetFolding : SubtargetFeature <"unsafe-ds-offset-folding",
+        "EnableUnsafeDSOffsetFolding",
+        "true",
+        "Force using DS instruction immediate offsets on SI">;
+
 def FeatureFlatAddressSpace : SubtargetFeature<"flat-address-space",
         "FlatAddressSpace",
         "true",
diff --git a/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUISelDAGToDAG.cpp b/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUISelDAGToDAG.cpp
index df4461eac4d..240afb75197 100644
--- a/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUISelDAGToDAG.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUISelDAGToDAG.cpp
@@ -859,7 +859,8 @@ bool AMDGPUDAGToDAGISel::isDSOffsetLegal(const SDValue &Base, unsigned Offset,
       (OffsetBits == 8 && !isUInt<8>(Offset)))
     return false;
 
-  if (Subtarget->getGeneration() >= AMDGPUSubtarget::SEA_ISLANDS)
+  if (Subtarget->getGeneration() >= AMDGPUSubtarget::SEA_ISLANDS ||
+      Subtarget->unsafeDSOffsetFoldingEnabled())
     return true;
 
   // On Southern Islands instruction with a negative base value and an offset
diff --git a/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.cpp b/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.cpp
index 0779d1d786b..bd5abc4f546 100644
--- a/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ AMDGPUSubtarget::AMDGPUSubtarget(const Triple &TT, StringRef GPU, StringRef FS,
       FP64Denormals(false), FP32Denormals(false), FastFMAF32(false),
       CaymanISA(false), FlatAddressSpace(false), EnableIRStructurizer(true),
       EnablePromoteAlloca(false), EnableIfCvt(true), EnableLoadStoreOpt(false),
+      EnableUnsafeDSOffsetFolding(false),
       WavefrontSize(0), CFALUBug(false), LocalMemorySize(0),
       EnableVGPRSpilling(false), SGPRInitBug(false), IsGCN(false),
       GCN1Encoding(false), GCN3Encoding(false), CIInsts(false), LDSBankCount(0),
diff --git a/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.h b/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.h
index 30f50eb1d2f..90831bfb445 100644
--- a/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.h
+++ b/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ private:
   bool EnablePromoteAlloca;
   bool EnableIfCvt;
   bool EnableLoadStoreOpt;
+  bool EnableUnsafeDSOffsetFolding;
   unsigned WavefrontSize;
   bool CFALUBug;
   int LocalMemorySize;
@@ -222,6 +223,10 @@ public:
     return EnableLoadStoreOpt;
   }
 
+  bool unsafeDSOffsetFoldingEnabled() const {
+    return EnableUnsafeDSOffsetFolding;
+  }
+
   unsigned getWavefrontSize() const {
     return WavefrontSize;
   }
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/ds-negative-offset-addressing-mode-loop.ll b/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/ds-negative-offset-addressing-mode-loop.ll
index e7e13d6178c..5e4654abd91 100644
--- a/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/ds-negative-offset-addressing-mode-loop.ll
+++ b/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/ds-negative-offset-addressing-mode-loop.ll
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=SI -verify-machineinstrs -mattr=+load-store-opt -enable-misched < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=SI --check-prefix=CHECK %s
-; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=bonaire -verify-machineinstrs -mattr=+load-store-opt -enable-misched < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=CI --check-prefix=CHECK %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=SI -verify-machineinstrs -mattr=+load-store-opt < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=SI --check-prefix=CHECK %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=bonaire -verify-machineinstrs -mattr=+load-store-opt < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=CI --check-prefix=CHECK %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=SI -verify-machineinstrs -mattr=+load-store-opt,+unsafe-ds-offset-folding < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=CI --check-prefix=CHECK %s
 
 declare i32 @llvm.r600.read.tidig.x() #0
 declare void @llvm.AMDGPU.barrier.local() #1