diff --git a/lib/Analysis/BasicStore.cpp b/lib/Analysis/BasicStore.cpp
index d96ef5b..ccaffc3 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/BasicStore.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/BasicStore.cpp
@@ -528,10 +528,9 @@
       // Initialize globals and parameters to symbolic values.
       // Initialize local variables to undefined.
       const MemRegion *R = ValMgr.getRegionManager().getVarRegion(VD);
-      SVal X = (VD->hasGlobalStorage() || isa<ParmVarDecl>(VD) ||
-                isa<ImplicitParamDecl>(VD))
-            ? ValMgr.getRegionValueSymbolVal(R)
-            : UndefinedVal();
+      SVal X = R->hasGlobalsOrParametersStorage()
+               ? ValMgr.getRegionValueSymbolVal(R)
+               : UndefinedVal();
 
       St = BindInternal(St, ValMgr.makeLoc(R), X);
     }
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/MemRegion.cpp b/lib/Analysis/MemRegion.cpp
index 9314b1e..52e2623 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/MemRegion.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/MemRegion.cpp
@@ -359,7 +359,23 @@
       || MS == Mgr->getStackArgumentsRegion();
   }
   return false;
-}  
+}
+
+bool MemRegion::hasGlobalsStorage() const {
+  if (const MemSpaceRegion *MS = getMemorySpace())
+    return MS == getMemRegionManager()->getGlobalsRegion();
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool MemRegion::hasGlobalsOrParametersStorage() const {
+  if (const MemSpaceRegion *MS = getMemorySpace()) {
+    MemRegionManager *Mgr = getMemRegionManager();
+    return MS == Mgr->getGlobalsRegion()
+    || MS == Mgr->getStackArgumentsRegion();
+  }
+  return false;
+}
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // View handling.
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/RegionStore.cpp b/lib/Analysis/RegionStore.cpp
index dc9a2be..9c76265 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/RegionStore.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/RegionStore.cpp
@@ -882,8 +882,7 @@
     if (VD == SelfDecl)
       return loc::MemRegionVal(getSelfRegion(0));
     
-    if (isa<ParmVarDecl>(VD) || isa<ImplicitParamDecl>(VD) ||
-        VD->hasGlobalStorage()) {
+    if (VR->hasGlobalsOrParametersStorage()) {
       QualType VTy = VD->getType();
       if (Loc::IsLocType(VTy) || VTy->isIntegerType())
         return ValMgr.getRegionValueSymbolVal(VR);