diff --git a/clang/lib/Interpreter/IncrementalParser.cpp b/clang/lib/Interpreter/IncrementalParser.cpp
index 5eec2a2fd6d1a..c87972719b66b 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Interpreter/IncrementalParser.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Interpreter/IncrementalParser.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ IncrementalParser::IncrementalParser(Interpreter &Interp,
   if (Err)
     return;
   CI->ExecuteAction(*Act);
+
+  if (getCodeGen())
+    CachedInCodeGenModule = std::move(GenModule());
+
   std::unique_ptr<ASTConsumer> IncrConsumer =
       std::make_unique<IncrementalASTConsumer>(Interp, CI->takeASTConsumer());
   CI->setASTConsumer(std::move(IncrConsumer));
@@ -224,11 +228,8 @@ IncrementalParser::IncrementalParser(Interpreter &Interp,
     return;                     // PTU.takeError();
   }
 
-  if (CodeGenerator *CG = getCodeGen()) {
-    std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module> M(CG->ReleaseModule());
-    CG->StartModule("incr_module_" + std::to_string(PTUs.size()),
-                    M->getContext());
-    PTU->TheModule = std::move(M);
+  if (getCodeGen()) {
+    PTU->TheModule = std::move(GenModule());
     assert(PTU->TheModule && "Failed to create initial PTU");
   }
 }
@@ -364,6 +365,20 @@ IncrementalParser::Parse(llvm::StringRef input) {
 std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module> IncrementalParser::GenModule() {
   static unsigned ID = 0;
   if (CodeGenerator *CG = getCodeGen()) {
+    // Clang's CodeGen is designed to work with a single llvm::Module. In many
+    // cases for convenience various CodeGen parts have a reference to the
+    // llvm::Module (TheModule or Module) which does not change when a new
+    // module is pushed. However, the execution engine wants to take ownership
+    // of the module which does not map well to CodeGen's design. To work this
+    // around we created an empty module to make CodeGen happy. We should make
+    // sure it always stays empty.
+    assert((!CachedInCodeGenModule ||
+            (CachedInCodeGenModule->empty() &&
+             CachedInCodeGenModule->global_empty() &&
+             CachedInCodeGenModule->alias_empty() &&
+             CachedInCodeGenModule->ifunc_empty() &&
+             CachedInCodeGenModule->named_metadata_empty())) &&
+           "CodeGen wrote to a readonly module");
     std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module> M(CG->ReleaseModule());
     CG->StartModule("incr_module_" + std::to_string(ID++), M->getContext());
     return M;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Interpreter/IncrementalParser.h b/clang/lib/Interpreter/IncrementalParser.h
index e13b74c7f6594..f63bce50acd3b 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Interpreter/IncrementalParser.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Interpreter/IncrementalParser.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 namespace llvm {
 class LLVMContext;
+class Module;
 } // namespace llvm
 
 namespace clang {
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ class IncrementalParser {
   /// of code.
   std::list<PartialTranslationUnit> PTUs;
 
+  /// When CodeGen is created the first llvm::Module gets cached in many places
+  /// and we must keep it alive.
+  std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module> CachedInCodeGenModule;
+
   IncrementalParser();
 
 public: