diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.h
index 3694f8f..4072878 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.h
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@
   return const_cast<CallInst*>(extractMallocCall((const Value*)I));
 }
 
-/// extractMallocCallFromBitCast - Returns the corresponding CallInst if the
-/// instruction is a bitcast of the result of a malloc call.
-const CallInst *extractMallocCallFromBitCast(const Value *I);
-static inline CallInst *extractMallocCallFromBitCast(Value *I) {
-  return const_cast<CallInst*>(extractMallocCallFromBitCast((const Value*)I));
-}
-
 /// isArrayMalloc - Returns the corresponding CallInst if the instruction 
 /// is a call to malloc whose array size can be determined and the array size
 /// is not constant 1.  Otherwise, return NULL.
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.cpp b/lib/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.cpp
index 26d466e..d1a9363 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.cpp
@@ -170,14 +170,7 @@
 /// is a malloc call.  Since CallInst::CreateMalloc() only creates calls, we
 /// ignore InvokeInst here.
 const CallInst *llvm::extractMallocCall(const Value *I) {
-  return isMallocLikeFn(I) ? cast<CallInst>(I) : 0;
-}
-
-/// extractMallocCallFromBitCast - Returns the corresponding CallInst if the
-/// instruction is a bitcast of the result of a malloc call.
-const CallInst *llvm::extractMallocCallFromBitCast(const Value *I) {
-  const BitCastInst *BCI = dyn_cast<BitCastInst>(I);
-  return BCI ? extractMallocCall(BCI->getOperand(0)) : 0;
+  return isMallocLikeFn(I) ? dyn_cast<CallInst>(I) : 0;
 }
 
 static Value *computeArraySize(const CallInst *CI, const TargetData *TD,
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalOpt.cpp b/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalOpt.cpp
index cca959b..ab58c41 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalOpt.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalOpt.cpp
@@ -1567,8 +1567,10 @@
       Instruction *Cast = new BitCastInst(Malloc, CI->getType(), "tmp", CI);
       CI->replaceAllUsesWith(Cast);
       CI->eraseFromParent();
-      CI = dyn_cast<BitCastInst>(Malloc) ?
-        extractMallocCallFromBitCast(Malloc) : cast<CallInst>(Malloc);
+      if (BitCastInst *BCI = dyn_cast<BitCastInst>(Malloc))
+        CI = cast<CallInst>(BCI->getOperand(0));
+      else
+      CI = cast<CallInst>(Malloc);
     }
 
     GVI = PerformHeapAllocSRoA(GV, CI, getMallocArraySize(CI, TD, true), TD);