diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/PreAllocSplitting.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/PreAllocSplitting.cpp
index dfff87a..ef2cfdb 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/PreAllocSplitting.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/PreAllocSplitting.cpp
@@ -1128,7 +1128,10 @@
   // by the current barrier.
   SmallVector<LiveInterval*, 8> Intervals;
   for (const TargetRegisterClass **RC = RCs; *RC; ++RC) {
-    if (TII->IgnoreRegisterClassBarriers(*RC))
+    // FIXME: If it's not safe to move any instruction that defines the barrier
+    // register class, then it means there are some special dependencies which
+    // codegen is not modelling. Ignore these barriers for now.
+    if (!TII->isSafeToMoveRegClassDefs(*RC))
       continue;
     std::vector<unsigned> &VRs = MRI->getRegClassVirtRegs(*RC);
     for (unsigned i = 0, e = VRs.size(); i != e; ++i) {
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
index 8e3985f..5778849 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
@@ -2483,11 +2483,11 @@
 }
 
 bool X86InstrInfo::
-IgnoreRegisterClassBarriers(const TargetRegisterClass *RC) const {
-  // FIXME: Ignore bariers of x87 stack registers for now. We can't
+isSafeToMoveRegClassDefs(const TargetRegisterClass *RC) const {
+  // FIXME: Return false for x87 stack register classes for now. We can't
   // allow any loads of these registers before FpGet_ST0_80.
-  return RC == &X86::CCRRegClass || RC == &X86::RFP32RegClass ||
-    RC == &X86::RFP64RegClass || RC == &X86::RFP80RegClass;
+  return !(RC == &X86::CCRRegClass || RC == &X86::RFP32RegClass ||
+           RC == &X86::RFP64RegClass || RC == &X86::RFP80RegClass);
 }
 
 const TargetRegisterClass *X86InstrInfo::getPointerRegClass() const {
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h b/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
index 077de56..eba0baf 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
@@ -406,10 +406,9 @@
   virtual
   bool ReverseBranchCondition(SmallVectorImpl<MachineOperand> &Cond) const;
 
-  /// IgnoreRegisterClassBarriers - Returns true if pre-register allocation
-  /// live interval splitting pass should ignore barriers of the specified
-  /// register class.
-  bool IgnoreRegisterClassBarriers(const TargetRegisterClass *RC) const;
+  /// isSafeToMoveRegClassDefs - Return true if it's safe to move a machine
+  /// instruction that defines the specified register class.
+  bool isSafeToMoveRegClassDefs(const TargetRegisterClass *RC) const;
 
   const TargetRegisterClass *getPointerRegClass() const;