diff --git a/include/clang/AST/DeclObjC.h b/include/clang/AST/DeclObjC.h
index 9e0130a..a1a2871 100644
--- a/include/clang/AST/DeclObjC.h
+++ b/include/clang/AST/DeclObjC.h
@@ -1882,6 +1882,9 @@
   virtual SourceRange getSourceRange() const LLVM_READONLY {
     return SourceRange(AtLoc, getLocation());
   }
+  
+  /// Get the default name of the synthesized ivar.
+  IdentifierInfo *getDefaultSynthIvarName(ASTContext &Ctx) const;
 
   /// Lookup a property by name in the specified DeclContext.
   static ObjCPropertyDecl *findPropertyDecl(const DeclContext *DC,
diff --git a/lib/AST/DeclObjC.cpp b/lib/AST/DeclObjC.cpp
index 4d48ad8..d28a910 100644
--- a/lib/AST/DeclObjC.cpp
+++ b/lib/AST/DeclObjC.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "clang/AST/Stmt.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ASTMutationListener.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
 using namespace clang;
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -93,6 +94,16 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
+IdentifierInfo *
+ObjCPropertyDecl::getDefaultSynthIvarName(ASTContext &Ctx) const {
+  SmallString<128> ivarName;
+  {
+    llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(ivarName);
+    os << '_' << getIdentifier()->getName();
+  }
+  return &Ctx.Idents.get(ivarName.str());
+}
+
 /// FindPropertyDeclaration - Finds declaration of the property given its name
 /// in 'PropertyId' and returns it. It returns 0, if not found.
 ObjCPropertyDecl *
diff --git a/lib/Sema/SemaObjCProperty.cpp b/lib/Sema/SemaObjCProperty.cpp
index f51ec72..f32376c 100644
--- a/lib/Sema/SemaObjCProperty.cpp
+++ b/lib/Sema/SemaObjCProperty.cpp
@@ -1617,16 +1617,6 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-static IdentifierInfo * getDefaultSynthIvarName(ObjCPropertyDecl *Prop,
-                                                ASTContext &Ctx) {
-  SmallString<128> ivarName;
-  {
-    llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(ivarName);
-    os << '_' << Prop->getIdentifier()->getName();
-  }
-  return &Ctx.Idents.get(ivarName.str());
-}
-
 /// \brief Default synthesizes all properties which must be synthesized
 /// in class's \@implementation.
 void Sema::DefaultSynthesizeProperties(Scope *S, ObjCImplDecl* IMPDecl,
@@ -1675,7 +1665,7 @@
       ActOnPropertyImplDecl(S, SourceLocation(), SourceLocation(),
                             true,
                             /* property = */ Prop->getIdentifier(),
-                            /* ivar = */ getDefaultSynthIvarName(Prop, Context),
+                            /* ivar = */ Prop->getDefaultSynthIvarName(Context),
                             Prop->getLocation()));
     if (PIDecl) {
       Diag(Prop->getLocation(), diag::warn_missing_explicit_synthesis);