diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/SimpleRegisterCoalescing.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/SimpleRegisterCoalescing.cpp
index 2c1892de9c1..5c621181cd9 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/SimpleRegisterCoalescing.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/SimpleRegisterCoalescing.cpp
@@ -1682,9 +1682,20 @@ bool SimpleRegisterCoalescing::JoinCopy(CopyRec &TheCopy, bool &Again) {
         // density, do not join them, instead mark the physical register as its
         // allocation preference.
         LiveInterval &JoinVInt = SrcIsPhys ? DstInt : SrcInt;
+        LiveInterval &JoinPInt = SrcIsPhys ? SrcInt : DstInt;
         unsigned JoinVReg = SrcIsPhys ? DstReg : SrcReg;
         unsigned JoinPReg = SrcIsPhys ? SrcReg : DstReg;
 
+        // Don't join with physregs that have a ridiculous number of live
+        // ranges. The data structure performance is really bad when that
+        // happens.
+        if (JoinPInt.ranges.size() > 1000) {
+          mri_->setRegAllocationHint(JoinVInt.reg, 0, JoinPReg);
+          ++numAborts;
+          DEBUG(dbgs() << "\tPhysical register too complicated, abort!\n");
+          return false;
+        }
+
         const TargetRegisterClass *RC = mri_->getRegClass(JoinVReg);
         unsigned Threshold = allocatableRCRegs_[RC].count() * 2;
         unsigned Length = li_->getApproximateInstructionCount(JoinVInt);
@@ -2159,7 +2170,7 @@ bool SimpleRegisterCoalescing::SimpleJoin(LiveInterval &LHS, LiveInterval &RHS){
   // Update the liveintervals of sub-registers.
   if (TargetRegisterInfo::isPhysicalRegister(LHS.reg))
     for (const unsigned *AS = tri_->getSubRegisters(LHS.reg); *AS; ++AS)
-      li_->getOrCreateInterval(*AS).MergeInClobberRanges(*li_, RHS,
+      li_->getOrCreateInterval(*AS).MergeInClobberRanges(*li_, LHS,
                                                     li_->getVNInfoAllocator());
 
   return true;