diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/MergeICmps.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/MergeICmps.cpp
index 283e9029571a..3306f605ac7c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/MergeICmps.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/MergeICmps.cpp
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ private:
 bool BCECmpBlock::canSinkBCECmpInst(const Instruction *Inst,
                                     DenseSet<Instruction *> &BlockInsts,
                                     AliasAnalysis &AA) const {
-  // If this instruction has side effects and its in middle of the BCE cmp block
-  // instructions, then bail for now.
-  if (Inst->mayHaveSideEffects()) {
+  // If this instruction may clobber the loads and is in middle of the BCE cmp
+  // block instructions, then bail for now.
+  if (Inst->mayWriteToMemory()) {
     // Bail if this is not a simple load or store
     if (!isSimpleLoadOrStore(Inst))
       return false;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/MergeICmps/X86/split-block-does-work.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/MergeICmps/X86/split-block-does-work.ll
index cb911ebbf125..0b9663f44980 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/MergeICmps/X86/split-block-does-work.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/MergeICmps/X86/split-block-does-work.ll
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 %S = type { i32, i32, i32, i32 }
 
-declare void @foo(...)  nounwind readnone
+declare void @foo(...) readonly
 
 ; We can split %entry and create a memcmp(16 bytes).
 define zeroext i1 @opeq1(