diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIFrameLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIFrameLowering.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIFrameLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIFrameLowering.cpp
@@ -614,6 +614,9 @@
     BuildMI(MBB, MBBI, DL, TII->get(AMDGPU::COPY), FuncInfo->SGPRForFPSaveRestoreCopy)
       .addReg(FramePtrReg)
       .setMIFlag(MachineInstr::FrameSetup);
+    // Make the register live throughout the function.
+    for (MachineBasicBlock &MBB : MF)
+      MBB.addLiveIn(FuncInfo->SGPRForFPSaveRestoreCopy);
   }
 
   for (const SIMachineFunctionInfo::SGPRSpillVGPRCSR &Reg
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/fix-frame-ptr-reg-copy-livein.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/fix-frame-ptr-reg-copy-livein.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/fix-frame-ptr-reg-copy-livein.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx900 -stop-after=prologepilog -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN %s
+
+; It is a small loop test that iterates over the array member of the structure argument  passed byval to the function.
+; The loop code will keep the prologue and epilogue blocks apart.
+; The test is primarily to check the temp register used to preserve the earlier FP value
+; is live-in at every BB in the function.
+
+%struct.Data = type { [20 x i32] }
+
+define i32 @fp_save_restore_in_temp_sgpr(%struct.Data addrspace(5)* nocapture readonly byval(%struct.Data) align 4 %arg) #0 {
+  ; GCN-LABEL: name: fp_save_restore_in_temp_sgpr
+  ; GCN: bb.0.begin:
+  ; GCN:   liveins: $sgpr30_sgpr31, $sgpr7
+  ; GCN:   $sgpr7 = frame-setup COPY $sgpr33
+  ; GCN:   $sgpr33 = frame-setup COPY $sgpr32
+  ; GCN: bb.1.lp_end:
+  ; GCN:   liveins: $sgpr6, $vgpr1, $sgpr4_sgpr5, $sgpr8_sgpr9, $sgpr10_sgpr11, $sgpr30_sgpr31, $sgpr7
+  ; GCN: bb.2.lp_begin:
+  ; GCN:   liveins: $sgpr6, $vgpr1, $sgpr4_sgpr5, $sgpr8_sgpr9, $sgpr30_sgpr31, $sgpr7
+  ; GCN: bb.3.Flow:
+  ; GCN:   liveins: $sgpr6, $vgpr0, $vgpr1, $sgpr4_sgpr5, $sgpr8_sgpr9, $sgpr10_sgpr11, $sgpr30_sgpr31, $sgpr7
+  ; GCN: bb.4.end:
+  ; GCN:   liveins: $vgpr0, $sgpr4_sgpr5, $sgpr30_sgpr31, $sgpr7
+  ; GCN:   $sgpr33 = frame-setup COPY $sgpr7
+begin:
+  br label %lp_begin
+
+lp_end:                                                ; preds = %lp_begin
+  %cur_idx = add nuw nsw i32 %idx, 1
+  %lp_term_cond = icmp eq i32 %cur_idx, 20
+  br i1 %lp_term_cond, label %end, label %lp_begin
+
+lp_begin:                                                ; preds = %lp_end, %begin
+  %idx = phi i32 [ 0, %begin ], [ %cur_idx, %lp_end ]
+  %ptr = getelementptr inbounds %struct.Data, %struct.Data addrspace(5)* %arg, i32 0, i32 0, i32 %idx
+  %data = load i32, i32 addrspace(5)* %ptr, align 4
+  %data_cmp = icmp eq i32 %data, %idx
+  br i1 %data_cmp, label %lp_end, label %end
+
+end:                                               ; preds = %lp_end, %lp_begin
+  %ret_val = phi i32 [ 0, %lp_begin ], [ 1, %lp_end ]
+  ret i32 %ret_val
+}
+
+attributes #0 = { norecurse nounwind "frame-pointer"="all" }