diff --git a/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp b/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
index 93542f3dad0..c405feb898d 100644
--- a/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
+++ b/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
@@ -329,14 +329,15 @@ bool BitcodeReader::ParseTypeTable() {
       ResultTy = PointerType::get(getTypeByID(Record[0], true));
       break;
     case bitc::TYPE_CODE_FUNCTION: {
-      // FUNCTION: [vararg, retty, paramty x N]
-      if (Record.size() < 2)
+      // FIXME: attrid is dead, remove it in LLVM 3.0
+      // FUNCTION: [vararg, attrid, retty, paramty x N]
+      if (Record.size() < 3)
         return Error("Invalid FUNCTION type record");
       std::vector<const Type*> ArgTys;
-      for (unsigned i = 2, e = Record.size(); i != e; ++i)
+      for (unsigned i = 3, e = Record.size(); i != e; ++i)
         ArgTys.push_back(getTypeByID(Record[i], true));
       
-      ResultTy = FunctionType::get(getTypeByID(Record[1], true), ArgTys,
+      ResultTy = FunctionType::get(getTypeByID(Record[2], true), ArgTys,
                                    Record[0]);
       break;
     }
diff --git a/lib/Bitcode/Writer/BitcodeWriter.cpp b/lib/Bitcode/Writer/BitcodeWriter.cpp
index 9249c70209f..6d111fa36e3 100644
--- a/lib/Bitcode/Writer/BitcodeWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Bitcode/Writer/BitcodeWriter.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static void WriteTypeTable(const ValueEnumerator &VE, BitstreamWriter &Stream) {
   Abbv = new BitCodeAbbrev();
   Abbv->Add(BitCodeAbbrevOp(bitc::TYPE_CODE_FUNCTION));
   Abbv->Add(BitCodeAbbrevOp(BitCodeAbbrevOp::Fixed, 1));  // isvararg
+  Abbv->Add(BitCodeAbbrevOp(0));  // FIXME: DEAD value, remove in LLVM 3.0
   Abbv->Add(BitCodeAbbrevOp(BitCodeAbbrevOp::Array));
   Abbv->Add(BitCodeAbbrevOp(BitCodeAbbrevOp::Fixed,
                             Log2_32_Ceil(VE.getTypes().size()+1)));
@@ -204,9 +205,10 @@ static void WriteTypeTable(const ValueEnumerator &VE, BitstreamWriter &Stream) {
 
     case Type::FunctionTyID: {
       const FunctionType *FT = cast<FunctionType>(T);
-      // FUNCTION: [isvararg, retty, paramty x N]
+      // FUNCTION: [isvararg, attrid, retty, paramty x N]
       Code = bitc::TYPE_CODE_FUNCTION;
       TypeVals.push_back(FT->isVarArg());
+      TypeVals.push_back(0);  // FIXME: DEAD: remove in llvm 3.0
       TypeVals.push_back(VE.getTypeID(FT->getReturnType()));
       for (unsigned i = 0, e = FT->getNumParams(); i != e; ++i)
         TypeVals.push_back(VE.getTypeID(FT->getParamType(i)));