diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/Allocator.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/Allocator.h
index 496496b4c151..b0ed33d6ed5a 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/Allocator.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/Allocator.h
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ class BumpPtrAllocator {
   /// one.
   void DeallocateSlabs(MemSlab *Slab);
 
-  static MallocSlabAllocator &GetDefaultSlabAllocator();
+  static MallocSlabAllocator DefaultSlabAllocator;
 
 public:
   BumpPtrAllocator(size_t size = 4096, size_t threshold = 4096,
-                   SlabAllocator &allocator = GetDefaultSlabAllocator());
+                   SlabAllocator &allocator = DefaultSlabAllocator);
   ~BumpPtrAllocator();
 
   /// Reset - Deallocate all but the current slab and reset the current pointer
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/Allocator.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/Allocator.cpp
index 19d69f6f944d..31b45c8d4aae 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/Allocator.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/Allocator.cpp
@@ -142,10 +142,8 @@ void BumpPtrAllocator::PrintStats() const {
          << " (includes alignment, etc)\n";
 }
 
-MallocSlabAllocator &BumpPtrAllocator::GetDefaultSlabAllocator() {
-  static MallocSlabAllocator DefaultSlabAllocator;
-  return DefaultSlabAllocator;
-}
+MallocSlabAllocator BumpPtrAllocator::DefaultSlabAllocator =
+  MallocSlabAllocator();
 
 SlabAllocator::~SlabAllocator() { }