diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/GenericConvergenceVerifier.h b/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/GenericConvergenceVerifier.h
index 213d77593c996..ae5e9e8585639 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/GenericConvergenceVerifier.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/GenericConvergenceVerifier.h
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ template <typename ContextT> class GenericConvergenceVerifier {
   using CycleInfoT = GenericCycleInfo<ContextT>;
   using CycleT = typename CycleInfoT::CycleT;
 
-  void initialize(raw_ostream &OS,
+  void initialize(raw_ostream *OS,
                   function_ref<void(const Twine &Message)> FailureCB,
                   const FunctionT &F) {
     clear();
-    this->OS = &OS;
+    this->OS = OS;
     this->FailureCB = FailureCB;
     Context = ContextT(&F);
   }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
index e03e6a117a243..2374aeb8c1d66 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class Verifier : public InstVisitor<Verifier>, VerifierSupport {
     auto FailureCB = [this](const Twine &Message) {
       this->CheckFailed(Message);
     };
-    CV.initialize(*OS, FailureCB, F);
+    CV.initialize(OS, FailureCB, F);
 
     Broken = false;
     // FIXME: We strip const here because the inst visitor strips const.