diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
index 12dd49da279b9..427d7a3d510d2 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
@@ -3439,7 +3439,7 @@ bool SimplifyCFGOpt::speculativelyExecuteBB(BranchInst *BI,
     if (!SpeculatedStoreValue || &I != SpeculatedStore) {
       // Don't update the DILocation of dbg.assign intrinsics.
       if (!isa<DbgAssignIntrinsic>(&I))
-        I.setDebugLoc(DebugLoc());
+        I.dropLocation();
     }
     I.dropUBImplyingAttrsAndMetadata();