diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h b/clang/include/clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h
index a1a68dce4517..42e2daac2f26 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h
@@ -195,11 +195,6 @@ class Preprocessor {
   /// to the actual definition of the macro.
   llvm::DenseMap<IdentifierInfo*, MacroInfo*> Macros;
 
-  /// MICache - A "freelist" of MacroInfo objects that can be reused for quick
-  /// allocation.
-  /// FIXME: why not use a singly linked list?
-  std::vector<MacroInfo*> MICache;
-
   /// MacroArgCache - This is a "freelist" of MacroArg objects that can be
   /// reused for quick allocation.
   MacroArgs *MacroArgCache;
@@ -255,12 +250,17 @@ private:  // Cached tokens state.
   struct MacroInfoChain {
     MacroInfo MI;
     MacroInfoChain *Next;
+    MacroInfoChain *Prev;
   };
 
   /// MacroInfos are managed as a chain for easy disposal.  This is the head
   /// of that list.
   MacroInfoChain *MIChainHead;
 
+  /// MICache - A "freelist" of MacroInfo objects that can be reused for quick
+  /// allocation.
+  MacroInfoChain *MICache;
+
 public:
   Preprocessor(Diagnostic &diags, const LangOptions &opts,
                const TargetInfo &target,
diff --git a/clang/lib/Lex/PPDirectives.cpp b/clang/lib/Lex/PPDirectives.cpp
index b958d9e489fb..8f66d99b187e 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Lex/PPDirectives.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Lex/PPDirectives.cpp
@@ -28,18 +28,23 @@ using namespace clang;
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 MacroInfo *Preprocessor::AllocateMacroInfo() {
-  MacroInfo *MI;
+  MacroInfoChain *MIChain;
 
-  if (!MICache.empty()) {
-    MI = MICache.back();
-    MICache.pop_back();
-  } else {
-    MacroInfoChain *MIChain = BP.Allocate<MacroInfoChain>();
-    MIChain->Next = MIChainHead;
-    MIChainHead = MIChain;
-    MI = &(MIChain->MI);
+  if (MICache) {
+    MIChain = MICache;
+    MICache = MICache->Next;
   }
-  return MI;
+  else {
+    MIChain = BP.Allocate<MacroInfoChain>();
+  }
+
+  MIChain->Next = MIChainHead;
+  MIChain->Prev = 0;
+  if (MIChainHead)
+    MIChainHead->Prev = MIChain;
+  MIChainHead = MIChain;
+
+  return &(MIChain->MI);
 }
 
 MacroInfo *Preprocessor::AllocateMacroInfo(SourceLocation L) {
@@ -57,10 +62,23 @@ MacroInfo *Preprocessor::CloneMacroInfo(const MacroInfo &MacroToClone) {
 /// ReleaseMacroInfo - Release the specified MacroInfo.  This memory will
 ///  be reused for allocating new MacroInfo objects.
 void Preprocessor::ReleaseMacroInfo(MacroInfo *MI) {
-  MICache.push_back(MI);
-  MI->FreeArgumentList();
-}
+  MacroInfoChain *MIChain = (MacroInfoChain*) MI;
+  if (MacroInfoChain *Prev = MIChain->Prev) {
+    MacroInfoChain *Next = MIChain->Next;
+    Prev->Next = Next;
+    if (Next)
+      Next->Prev = Prev;
+  }
+  else {
+    assert(MIChainHead == MIChain);
+    MIChainHead = MIChain->Next;
+    MIChainHead->Prev = 0;
+  }
+  MIChain->Next = MICache;
+  MICache = MIChain;
 
+  MI->Destroy();
+}
 
 /// DiscardUntilEndOfDirective - Read and discard all tokens remaining on the
 /// current line until the tok::eom token is found.
diff --git a/clang/lib/Lex/Preprocessor.cpp b/clang/lib/Lex/Preprocessor.cpp
index a0782aa86818..1be22df6b1cb 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Lex/Preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Lex/Preprocessor.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ Preprocessor::Preprocessor(Diagnostic &diags, const LangOptions &opts,
     SourceMgr(SM), HeaderInfo(Headers), ExternalSource(0),
     Identifiers(opts, IILookup), BuiltinInfo(Target), CodeComplete(0),
     CodeCompletionFile(0), SkipMainFilePreamble(0, true), CurPPLexer(0), 
-    CurDirLookup(0), Callbacks(0), MacroArgCache(0), Record(0), MIChainHead(0) {
+    CurDirLookup(0), Callbacks(0), MacroArgCache(0), Record(0), MIChainHead(0),
+    MICache(0) {
   ScratchBuf = new ScratchBuffer(SourceMgr);
   CounterValue = 0; // __COUNTER__ starts at 0.
   OwnsHeaderSearch = OwnsHeaders;