diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
index d6465f599cf4..e7bd75e04931 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
@@ -1102,7 +1102,6 @@ static bool FoldCondBranchOnPHI(BranchInst *BI) {
   // Degenerate case of a single entry PHI.
   if (PN->getNumIncomingValues() == 1) {
     FoldSingleEntryPHINodes(PN->getParent());
-    PN->eraseFromParent();
     return true;    
   }
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/SimplifyCFG/2008-12-06-SingleEntryPhi.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/SimplifyCFG/2008-12-06-SingleEntryPhi.ll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b4aee489b55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/SimplifyCFG/2008-12-06-SingleEntryPhi.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | opt -simplifycfg | llvm-dis
+define i32 @test() {
+entry:
+	br label %T
+T:
+	%C = phi i1 [false, %entry] 
+	br i1 %C, label %X, label %Y
+X:
+	ret i32 2
+Y:
+	add i32 1, 2
+	ret i32 1
+}