diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.h
index cfe9748a461..a52d6a8ef2d 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.h
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ namespace llvm {
     /// The flag PossiblyLoopIndependent should be set by the caller
     /// if it appears that control flow can reach from Src to Dst
     /// without traversing a loop back edge.
-    Dependence *depends(Instruction *Src,
-                        Instruction *Dst,
-                        bool PossiblyLoopIndependent);
+    std::unique_ptr<Dependence> depends(Instruction *Src,
+                                        Instruction *Dst,
+                                        bool PossiblyLoopIndependent);
 
     /// getSplitIteration - Give a dependence that's splittable at some
     /// particular level, return the iteration that should be used to split
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.cpp
index 312081c676c..be4e487a149 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/DependenceAnalysis.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void dumpExampleDependence(raw_ostream &OS, Function *F,
            DstI != DstE; ++DstI) {
         if (isa<StoreInst>(*DstI) || isa<LoadInst>(*DstI)) {
           OS << "da analyze - ";
-          if (Dependence *D = DA->depends(&*SrcI, &*DstI, true)) {
+          if (auto D = DA->depends(&*SrcI, &*DstI, true)) {
             D->dump(OS);
             for (unsigned Level = 1; Level <= D->getLevels(); Level++) {
               if (D->isSplitable(Level)) {
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ void dumpExampleDependence(raw_ostream &OS, Function *F,
                 OS << "!\n";
               }
             }
-            delete D;
           }
           else
             OS << "none!\n";
@@ -3277,9 +3276,9 @@ static void dumpSmallBitVector(SmallBitVector &BV) {
 //
 // Care is required to keep the routine below, getSplitIteration(),
 // up to date with respect to this routine.
-Dependence *DependenceAnalysis::depends(Instruction *Src,
-                                        Instruction *Dst,
-                                        bool PossiblyLoopIndependent) {
+std::unique_ptr<Dependence>
+DependenceAnalysis::depends(Instruction *Src, Instruction *Dst,
+                            bool PossiblyLoopIndependent) {
   if (Src == Dst)
     PossiblyLoopIndependent = false;
 
@@ -3291,7 +3290,7 @@ Dependence *DependenceAnalysis::depends(Instruction *Src,
   if (!isLoadOrStore(Src) || !isLoadOrStore(Dst)) {
     // can only analyze simple loads and stores, i.e., no calls, invokes, etc.
     DEBUG(dbgs() << "can only handle simple loads and stores\n");
-    return new Dependence(Src, Dst);
+    return make_unique<Dependence>(Src, Dst);
   }
 
   Value *SrcPtr = getPointerOperand(Src);
@@ -3302,7 +3301,7 @@ Dependence *DependenceAnalysis::depends(Instruction *Src,
   case AliasAnalysis::PartialAlias:
     // cannot analyse objects if we don't understand their aliasing.
     DEBUG(dbgs() << "can't analyze may or partial alias\n");
-    return new Dependence(Src, Dst);
+    return make_unique<Dependence>(Src, Dst);
   case AliasAnalysis::NoAlias:
     // If the objects noalias, they are distinct, accesses are independent.
     DEBUG(dbgs() << "no alias\n");
@@ -3675,7 +3674,8 @@ Dependence *DependenceAnalysis::depends(Instruction *Src,
       return nullptr;
   }
 
-  FullDependence *Final = new FullDependence(Result);
+  std::unique_ptr<Dependence> Final;
+  Final.reset(new FullDependence(Result));
   Result.DV = nullptr;
   return Final;
 }