Index: lib/Target/ARM/ARMConstantIslandPass.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/ARM/ARMConstantIslandPass.cpp
+++ lib/Target/ARM/ARMConstantIslandPass.cpp
@@ -1762,8 +1762,13 @@
 bool ARMConstantIslands::optimizeThumb2Branches() {
   bool MadeChange = false;
 
-  for (unsigned i = 0, e = ImmBranches.size(); i != e; ++i) {
-    ImmBranch &Br = ImmBranches[i];
+  // The order in which branches appear in ImmBranches is approximately their
+  // order within the function body. By visiting later branches first, we reduce
+  // the distance between earlier forward branches and their targets, making it
+  // more likely that the cbn?z optimization, which can only apply to forward
+  // branches, will succeed.
+  for (unsigned i = ImmBranches.size(); i != 0; --i) {
+    ImmBranch &Br = ImmBranches[i-1];
     unsigned Opcode = Br.MI->getOpcode();
     unsigned NewOpc = 0;
     unsigned Scale = 1;
Index: test/CodeGen/Thumb2/cbnz.ll
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/CodeGen/Thumb2/cbnz.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple thumbv7-unknown-linux -o - %s | FileCheck %s
+
+declare void @x()
+declare void @y()
+
+define void @f(i32 %x, i32 %y) {
+  ; CHECK-LABEL: f:
+  ; CHECK: cbnz
+  %p = icmp eq i32 %x, 0
+  br i1 %p, label %t, label %f
+
+t:
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  ; CHECK: cbnz
+  %q = icmp eq i32 %y, 0
+  br i1 %q, label %t2, label %f
+
+t2:
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  call void @x()
+  br label %f
+
+f:
+  call void @y()
+  ret void
+}