diff --git a/include/llvm/InstrTypes.h b/include/llvm/InstrTypes.h
index e359329..6715416 100644
--- a/include/llvm/InstrTypes.h
+++ b/include/llvm/InstrTypes.h
@@ -625,6 +625,14 @@
   /// platform. Generally, the result of TargetData::getIntPtrType() should be
   /// passed in. If that's not available, use Type::Int64Ty, which will make
   /// the isNoopCast call conservative.
+  /// @brief Determine if the described cast is a no-op cast.
+  static bool isNoopCast(
+    Instruction::CastOps Opcode,  ///< Opcode of cast
+    const Type *SrcTy,   ///< SrcTy of cast
+    const Type *DstTy,   ///< DstTy of cast
+    const Type *IntPtrTy ///< Integer type corresponding to Ptr types, or null
+  );
+
   /// @brief Determine if this cast is a no-op cast.
   bool isNoopCast(
     const Type *IntPtrTy ///< Integer type corresponding to pointer
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
index 3060a76..76bf583 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
@@ -1911,9 +1911,12 @@
 /// # bitcast i32* %x to i8*
 /// # bitcast <2 x i32> %x to <4 x i16> 
 /// # ptrtoint i32* %x to i32     ; on 32-bit plaforms only
-/// @brief Determine if a cast is a no-op.
-bool CastInst::isNoopCast(const Type *IntPtrTy) const {
-  switch (getOpcode()) {
+/// @brief Determine if the described cast is a no-op.
+bool CastInst::isNoopCast(Instruction::CastOps Opcode,
+                          const Type *SrcTy,
+                          const Type *DestTy,
+                          const Type *IntPtrTy) {
+  switch (Opcode) {
     default:
       assert(!"Invalid CastOp");
     case Instruction::Trunc:
@@ -1930,13 +1933,18 @@
       return true;  // BitCast never modifies bits.
     case Instruction::PtrToInt:
       return IntPtrTy->getScalarSizeInBits() ==
-             getType()->getScalarSizeInBits();
+             DestTy->getScalarSizeInBits();
     case Instruction::IntToPtr:
       return IntPtrTy->getScalarSizeInBits() ==
-             getOperand(0)->getType()->getScalarSizeInBits();
+             SrcTy->getScalarSizeInBits();
   }
 }
 
+/// @brief Determine if a cast is a no-op.
+bool CastInst::isNoopCast(const Type *IntPtrTy) const {
+  return isNoopCast(getOpcode(), getOperand(0)->getType(), getType(), IntPtrTy);
+}
+
 /// This function determines if a pair of casts can be eliminated and what 
 /// opcode should be used in the elimination. This assumes that there are two 
 /// instructions like this: