diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/LiveIntervalAnalysis.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/LiveIntervalAnalysis.cpp
index 4929a56e691..acc32117c00 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/LiveIntervalAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/LiveIntervalAnalysis.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,21 @@ void LiveIntervals::handlePhysicalRegisterDef(MachineBasicBlock* mbb,
     unsigned start = getInstructionIndex(*mi);
     unsigned end = start;
 
+    // register can be dead by the instruction defining it but it can
+    // only be killed by subsequent instructions
+
+    for (LiveVariables::killed_iterator
+             ki = lv_->dead_begin(*mi),
+             ke = lv_->dead_end(*mi);
+         ki != ke; ++ki) {
+        if (reg == ki->second) {
+            end = getInstructionIndex(ki->first) + 1;
+            DEBUG(std::cerr << " dead\n");
+            goto exit;
+        }
+    }
+    ++mi;
+
     for (MachineBasicBlock::iterator e = mbb->end(); mi != e; ++mi) {
         for (LiveVariables::killed_iterator
                  ki = lv_->dead_begin(*mi),
@@ -203,6 +218,7 @@ void LiveIntervals::handlePhysicalRegisterDef(MachineBasicBlock* mbb,
              ki != ke; ++ki) {
             if (reg == ki->second) {
                 end = getInstructionIndex(ki->first) + 1;
+                DEBUG(std::cerr << " dead\n");
                 goto exit;
             }
         }
@@ -213,6 +229,7 @@ void LiveIntervals::handlePhysicalRegisterDef(MachineBasicBlock* mbb,
              ki != ke; ++ki) {
             if (reg == ki->second) {
                 end = getInstructionIndex(ki->first) + 1;
+                DEBUG(std::cerr << " killed\n");
                 goto exit;
             }
         }