diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
index f662e126e3784..b0af40d2df1a4 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/SimplifyCFG.cpp
@@ -3034,7 +3034,7 @@ bool SimplifyCFGOpt::SpeculativelyExecuteBB(BranchInst *BI, BasicBlock *ThenBB,
     if (!SpeculatedStoreValue || &I != SpeculatedStore) {
       // Don't update the DILocation of dbg.assign intrinsics.
       if (!isa<DbgAssignIntrinsic>(&I))
-        I.setDebugLoc(DebugLoc());
+        I.dropLocation();
     }
     I.dropUndefImplyingAttrsAndUnknownMetadata();