diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUPreloadKernelArguments.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUPreloadKernelArguments.cpp
index a386fe621a553..ffbbf63969427 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUPreloadKernelArguments.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUPreloadKernelArguments.cpp
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ static bool markKernelArgsAsInreg(Module &M, const TargetMachine &TM) {
     Changed |= NumPreloadedExplicitArgs > 0;
   }
 
+  Changed |= !FunctionsToErase.empty();
   // Erase cloned functions if we needed to update the kernel signature to
   // support preloading hidden kernel arguments.
   for (auto *F : FunctionsToErase)