diff --git a/lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp
index 0b185b1..dbaea11 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
   for (unsigned i = 0, e = PInfo.size(); i != e; ++i) {
     Instruction *Target = PInfo[i].second.getInst();
     if (Target == 0) continue;  // Ignore non-local dep results.
-    assert(Target->getParent() == PInfo[i].first && Target != P.getPointer());
+    assert(Target->getParent() == PInfo[i].first);
     
     // Eliminating the dirty entry from 'Cache', so update the reverse info.
     RemoveFromReverseMap(ReverseNonLocalPtrDeps, Target, P.getOpaqueValue());
diff --git a/test/Transforms/GVN/2008-12-09-SelfRemove.ll b/test/Transforms/GVN/2008-12-09-SelfRemove.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48ce8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Transforms/GVN/2008-12-09-SelfRemove.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | opt -gvn | llvm-dis | grep getelementptr | count 1
+
+target datalayout = "e-p:32:32:32-i1:8:8-i8:8:8-i16:16:16-i32:32:32-i64:32:64-f32:32:32-f64:32:64-v64:64:64-v128:128:128-a0:0:64-f80:128:128"
+target triple = "i386-apple-darwin9.5"
+	%struct.anon = type { i8*, i32 }
+	%struct.d_print_info = type { i32, i8*, i32, i32, %struct.d_print_template*, %struct.d_print_mod*, i32 }
+	%struct.d_print_mod = type { %struct.d_print_mod*, %struct.demangle_component*, i32, %struct.d_print_template* }
+	%struct.d_print_template = type { %struct.d_print_template*, %struct.demangle_component* }
+	%struct.demangle_component = type { i32, { %struct.anon } }
+
+define void @d_print_mod_list(%struct.d_print_info* %dpi, %struct.d_print_mod* %mods, i32 %suffix) nounwind {
+entry:
+	%0 = getelementptr %struct.d_print_info* %dpi, i32 0, i32 1		; <i8**> [#uses=1]
+	br i1 false, label %return, label %bb
+
+bb:		; preds = %entry
+	%1 = load i8** %0, align 4		; <i8*> [#uses=0]
+	%2 = getelementptr %struct.d_print_info* %dpi, i32 0, i32 1		; <i8**> [#uses=0]
+	br label %bb21
+
+bb21:		; preds = %bb21, %bb
+	br label %bb21
+
+return:		; preds = %entry
+	ret void
+}