diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Metadata.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Metadata.cpp
index 72de0321c3a..092fe00a536 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Metadata.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Metadata.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ void MDNode::destroy() {
   free(this);
 }
 
+/// isFunctionLocalValue - Return true if this is a value that would require a
+/// function-local MDNode.
+static bool isFunctionLocalValue(Value *V) {
+  return isa<Instruction>(V) || isa<Argument>(V) || isa<BasicBlock>(V) ||
+         (isa<MDNode>(V) && cast<MDNode>(V)->isFunctionLocal());
+}
+
 MDNode *MDNode::getMDNode(LLVMContext &Context, Value *const *Vals,
                           unsigned NumVals, FunctionLocalness FL,
                           bool Insert) {
@@ -188,8 +195,7 @@ MDNode *MDNode::getMDNode(LLVMContext &Context, Value *const *Vals,
     for (unsigned i = 0; i != NumVals; ++i) {
       Value *V = Vals[i];
       if (!V) continue;
-      if (isa<Instruction>(V) || isa<Argument>(V) || isa<BasicBlock>(V) ||
-          (isa<MDNode>(V) && cast<MDNode>(V)->isFunctionLocal())) {
+      if (isFunctionLocalValue(V)) {
         isFunctionLocal = true;
         break;
       }
@@ -262,6 +268,13 @@ void MDNode::setIsNotUniqued() {
 void MDNode::replaceOperand(MDNodeOperand *Op, Value *To) {
   Value *From = *Op;
 
+  // If is possible that someone did GV->RAUW(inst), replacing a global variable
+  // with an instruction or some other function-local object.  If this is a
+  // non-function-local MDNode, it can't point to a function-local object.
+  // Handle this case by implicitly dropping the MDNode reference to null.
+  if (!isFunctionLocal() && To && isFunctionLocalValue(To))
+    To = 0;
+  
   if (From == To)
     return;
 
diff --git a/test/Transforms/GlobalOpt/metadata.ll b/test/Transforms/GlobalOpt/metadata.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55b2ff90ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Transforms/GlobalOpt/metadata.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+; RUN: opt -S -globalopt metadata.ll | FileCheck %s
+
+; PR6112 - When globalopt does RAUW(@G, %G), the metadata reference should drop
+; to null.
+@G = internal global i8** null
+
+define i32 @main(i32 %argc, i8** %argv) {
+; CHECK: @main
+; CHECK: %G = alloca
+  store i8** %argv, i8*** @G
+  ret i32 0
+}
+
+!named = !{!0}
+
+; CHECK: !0 = metadata !{null}
+!0 = metadata !{i8*** @G}
+
+