diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
index 9e815623a780172be3a051188e130919dc4fb832..cb85ca897871d9791c2641d529b04a96c0a300f8 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
@@ -246,10 +246,9 @@ public:
 
   /// getDebugVariable() - Return the debug variable referenced by
   /// this DBG_VALUE instruction.
-  DIVariable getDebugVariable() const {
+  const MDNode *getDebugVariable() const {
     assert(isDebugValue() && "not a DBG_VALUE");
-    const MDNode *Var = getOperand(getNumOperands() - 1).getMetadata();
-    return DIVariable(Var);
+    return getOperand(getNumOperands() - 1).getMetadata();
   }
 
   /// emitError - Emit an error referring to the source location of this