diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/StatepointLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/StatepointLowering.cpp
index 8301489df9a4..40033db4e26d 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/StatepointLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/StatepointLowering.cpp
@@ -973,10 +973,13 @@ void SelectionDAGBuilder::visitGCRelocate(const GCRelocateInst &Relocate) {
   unsigned Index = *DerivedPtrLocation;
   SDValue SpillSlot = DAG.getTargetFrameIndex(Index, getFrameIndexTy());
 
-  // Note: We know all of these reloads are independent, but don't bother to
-  // exploit that chain wise.  DAGCombine will happily do so as needed, so
-  // doing it here would be a small compile time win at most.
-  SDValue Chain = getRoot();
+  // All the reloads are independent and are reading memory only modified by
+  // statepoints (i.e. no other aliasing stores); informing SelectionDAG of
+  // this this let's CSE kick in for free and allows reordering of instructions
+  // if possible.  The lowering for statepoint sets the root, so this is
+  // ordering all reloads with the either a) the statepoint node itself, or b)
+  // the entry of the current block for an invoke statepoint.
+  const SDValue Chain = DAG.getRoot(); // != Builder.getRoot()
 
   auto &MF = DAG.getMachineFunction();
   auto &MFI = MF.getFrameInfo();
@@ -991,8 +994,7 @@ void SelectionDAGBuilder::visitGCRelocate(const GCRelocateInst &Relocate) {
 
   SDValue SpillLoad = DAG.getLoad(LoadVT, getCurSDLoc(), Chain,
                                   SpillSlot, LoadMMO);
-
-  DAG.setRoot(SpillLoad.getValue(1));
+  PendingLoads.push_back(SpillLoad.getValue(1));
 
   assert(SpillLoad.getNode());
   setValue(&Relocate, SpillLoad);
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/statepoint-duplicates-export.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/statepoint-duplicates-export.ll
index ccc0d61b3c67..f61604b169f2 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/statepoint-duplicates-export.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/statepoint-duplicates-export.ll
@@ -44,19 +44,16 @@ next:
 define i1 @test2(i32 addrspace(1)* %arg) gc "statepoint-example" {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: test2:
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0: # %entry
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subq $24, %rsp
-; CHECK-NEXT:    .cfi_def_cfa_offset 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    movq %rdi, {{[0-9]+}}(%rsp)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    pushq %rax
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .cfi_def_cfa_offset 16
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movq %rdi, (%rsp)
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    callq func
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  .Ltmp2:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    movq {{[0-9]+}}(%rsp), %rax
-; CHECK-NEXT:    movq %rax, {{[0-9]+}}(%rsp)
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    callq func
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  .Ltmp3:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    movq {{[0-9]+}}(%rsp), %rax
-; CHECK-NEXT:    orq {{[0-9]+}}(%rsp), %rax
+; CHECK-NEXT:    cmpq $0, (%rsp)
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    sete %al
-; CHECK-NEXT:    addq $24, %rsp
+; CHECK-NEXT:    popq %rcx
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    .cfi_def_cfa_offset 8
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    retq
 entry: