diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCXX.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCXX.cpp
index 77d3a3eb4254..636cc57b2a50 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCXX.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCXX.cpp
@@ -940,7 +940,8 @@ CodeGenFunction::GenerateCovariantThunk(llvm::Function *Fn,
     QualType ArgType = D->getType();
 
     // llvm::Value *Arg = CGF.GetAddrOfLocalVar(Dst);
-    Expr *Arg = new (getContext()) DeclRefExpr(D, ArgType, SourceLocation());
+    Expr *Arg = new (getContext()) DeclRefExpr(D, ArgType.getNonReferenceType(),
+                                               SourceLocation());
     CallArgs.push_back(std::make_pair(EmitCallArg(Arg, ArgType), ArgType));
   }
 
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/virt-thunk-reference.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/virt-thunk-reference.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b361cfc3d2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/virt-thunk-reference.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// RUN: clang-cc -emit-llvm-only %s
+
+struct A { int a; virtual void aa(int&); };
+struct B { int b; virtual void bb(int&); };
+struct C : A,B { virtual void aa(int&), bb(int&); };
+void C::aa(int&) {}
+void C::bb(int&) {}