diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineVectorOps.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineVectorOps.cpp
index 1f7279fb92993..2d72696ee5319 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineVectorOps.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineVectorOps.cpp
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@ static void replaceExtractElements(InsertElementInst *InsElt,
     auto *NewExt = ExtractElementInst::Create(WideVec, OldExt->getOperand(1));
     NewExt->insertAfter(OldExt);
     IC.replaceInstUsesWith(*OldExt, NewExt);
-    IC.eraseInstFromFunction(*OldExt);
   }
 }