diff --git a/include/llvm/IR/AutoUpgrade.h b/include/llvm/IR/AutoUpgrade.h
index 3f406f0cf19..a186b05d437 100644
--- a/include/llvm/IR/AutoUpgrade.h
+++ b/include/llvm/IR/AutoUpgrade.h
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ namespace llvm {
   /// module is modified.
   bool UpgradeModuleFlags(Module &M);
 
+  /// This checks for objc retain release marker which should be upgraded. It
+  /// returns true if module is modified.
+  bool UpgradeRetainReleaseMarker(Module &M);
+
   void UpgradeSectionAttributes(Module &M);
 
   /// If the given TBAA tag uses the scalar TBAA format, create a new node
diff --git a/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp b/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
index 75374e7bef3..1a65cee0bf9 100644
--- a/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
+++ b/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
@@ -4788,6 +4788,9 @@ Error BitcodeReader::materializeModule() {
   UpgradeDebugInfo(*TheModule);
 
   UpgradeModuleFlags(*TheModule);
+
+  UpgradeRetainReleaseMarker(*TheModule);
+
   return Error::success();
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/IR/AutoUpgrade.cpp b/lib/IR/AutoUpgrade.cpp
index 0cf28c9fd22..1c0a3195a75 100644
--- a/lib/IR/AutoUpgrade.cpp
+++ b/lib/IR/AutoUpgrade.cpp
@@ -2685,6 +2685,30 @@ bool llvm::UpgradeDebugInfo(Module &M) {
   return Modified;
 }
 
+bool llvm::UpgradeRetainReleaseMarker(Module &M) {
+  bool Changed = false;
+  NamedMDNode *ModRetainReleaseMarker =
+      M.getNamedMetadata("clang.arc.retainAutoreleasedReturnValueMarker");
+  if (ModRetainReleaseMarker) {
+    MDNode *Op = ModRetainReleaseMarker->getOperand(0);
+    if (Op) {
+      MDString *ID = dyn_cast_or_null<MDString>(Op->getOperand(0));
+      if (ID) {
+        SmallVector<StringRef, 4> ValueComp;
+        ID->getString().split(ValueComp, "#");
+        if (ValueComp.size() == 2) {
+          std::string NewValue = ValueComp[0].str() + ";" + ValueComp[1].str();
+          Metadata *Ops[1] = {MDString::get(M.getContext(), NewValue)};
+          ModRetainReleaseMarker->setOperand(0,
+                                             MDNode::get(M.getContext(), Ops));
+          Changed = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return Changed;
+}
+
 bool llvm::UpgradeModuleFlags(Module &M) {
   NamedMDNode *ModFlags = M.getModuleFlagsMetadata();
   if (!ModFlags)
diff --git a/test/Bitcode/upgrade-objcretainrelease.ll b/test/Bitcode/upgrade-objcretainrelease.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5397327f80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Bitcode/upgrade-objcretainrelease.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+; Test that comment token for objc retain release is upgraded from '#' to ';'
+;
+; RUN: llvm-dis < %s.bc | FileCheck %s
+
+; CHECK: "mov\09fp, fp\09\09; marker for objc_retainAutoreleaseReturnValue"
+
diff --git a/test/Bitcode/upgrade-objcretainrelease.ll.bc b/test/Bitcode/upgrade-objcretainrelease.ll.bc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70758ff6bb0
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