diff --git a/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Writer/BitcodeWriter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Writer/BitcodeWriter.cpp
index c78a30e..ce9036b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Writer/BitcodeWriter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Writer/BitcodeWriter.cpp
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
         if (NMD->getOperand(i))
           Record.push_back(VE.getValueID(NMD->getOperand(i)));
         else
-          Record.push_back(0);
+          Record.push_back(~0U);
       }
       Stream.EmitRecord(bitc::METADATA_NAMED_NODE, Record, 0);
       Record.clear();