diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/MachineLICM.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/MachineLICM.cpp
index 964e9712079..e756dedff47 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/MachineLICM.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/MachineLICM.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ using namespace llvm;
 static cl::opt<bool>
 AvoidSpeculation("avoid-speculation",
                  cl::desc("MachineLICM should avoid speculation"),
-                 cl::init(false), cl::Hidden);
+                 cl::init(true), cl::Hidden);
 
 STATISTIC(NumHoisted,
           "Number of machine instructions hoisted out of loops");