diff --git a/lib/Target/ARM/Thumb1InstrInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/ARM/Thumb1InstrInfo.cpp
index 29ae631269a..ad98839ce26 100644
--- a/lib/Target/ARM/Thumb1InstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/ARM/Thumb1InstrInfo.cpp
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ restoreCalleeSavedRegisters(MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
   // It's illegal to emit pop instruction without operands.
   if (NumRegs)
     MBB.insert(MI, &*MIB);
+  else
+    MF.DeleteMachineInstr(MIB);
 
   return true;
 }