diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IntrinsicsPowerPC.td b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IntrinsicsPowerPC.td
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IntrinsicsPowerPC.td
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IntrinsicsPowerPC.td
@@ -63,11 +63,14 @@
 
   // Generate a random number
   def int_ppc_darn : GCCBuiltin<"__builtin_darn">,
-                     Intrinsic<[llvm_i64_ty], [], [IntrNoMem]>;
+                     Intrinsic<[llvm_i64_ty], [],
+                               [IntrNoMerge, IntrHasSideEffects]>;
   def int_ppc_darnraw : GCCBuiltin<"__builtin_darn_raw">,
-                     Intrinsic<[llvm_i64_ty], [], [IntrNoMem]>;
+                     Intrinsic<[llvm_i64_ty], [],
+                               [IntrNoMerge, IntrHasSideEffects]>;
   def int_ppc_darn32 : GCCBuiltin<"__builtin_darn_32">,
-                     Intrinsic<[llvm_i32_ty], [], [IntrNoMem]>;
+                     Intrinsic<[llvm_i32_ty], [],
+                               [IntrNoMerge, IntrHasSideEffects]>;
 
   // Bit permute doubleword
   def int_ppc_bpermd : GCCBuiltin<"__builtin_bpermd">,
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstr64Bit.td b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstr64Bit.td
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstr64Bit.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstr64Bit.td
@@ -1014,8 +1014,6 @@
   def SETB8 : XForm_44<31, 128, (outs g8rc:$RT), (ins crrc:$BFA),
                        "setb $RT, $BFA", IIC_IntGeneral>, isPPC64;
 }
-def DARN : XForm_45<31, 755, (outs g8rc:$RT), (ins u2imm:$L),
-                     "darn $RT, $L", IIC_LdStLD>, isPPC64;
 def ADDPCIS : DXForm<19, 2, (outs g8rc:$RT), (ins i32imm:$D),
                      "addpcis $RT, $D", IIC_BrB, []>, isPPC64;
 def MODSD : XForm_8<31, 777, (outs g8rc:$rT), (ins g8rc:$rA, g8rc:$rB),
@@ -1040,6 +1038,11 @@
                        [(set i64:$rD, (mul i64:$rA, imm64SExt16:$imm))]>;
 }
 
+let hasSideEffects = 1 in {
+def DARN : XForm_45<31, 755, (outs g8rc:$RT), (ins u2imm:$L),
+                    "darn $RT, $L", IIC_LdStLD>, isPPC64;
+}
+
 let hasSideEffects = 0 in {
 defm RLDIMI : MDForm_1r<30, 3, (outs g8rc:$rA),
                         (ins g8rc:$rSi, g8rc:$rS, u6imm:$SH, u6imm:$MBE),
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/builtins-ppc-p9-darn.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/builtins-ppc-p9-darn.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/builtins-ppc-p9-darn.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/builtins-ppc-p9-darn.ll
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ; NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_llc_test_checks.py
 ; RUN: llc < %s -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple powerpc64le -mcpu=pwr9 | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: llc < %s -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -vec-extabi -mcpu=pwr9 | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes="default<O3>" -S -mtriple powerpc64le -mcpu=pwr9 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=OPT
 
 define i64 @raw() {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: raw:
@@ -33,6 +34,52 @@
   ret i32 %0
 }
 
+define i64 @darn_side_effect() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: darn_side_effect:
+; CHECK:       # %bb.0: # %entry
+; CHECK-NEXT:    darn 3, 2
+; CHECK-NEXT:    darn 3, 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
+
+; OPT-LABEL: @darn_side_effect
+; OPT: call i64 @llvm.ppc.darnraw()
+; OPT-NEXT: call i64 @llvm.ppc.darn()
+entry:
+  %0 = call i64 @llvm.ppc.darnraw()
+  %1 = call i64 @llvm.ppc.darn()
+  ret i64 %1
+}
+
+define void @darn_loop(i64* noundef %darn) {
+; OPT-LABEL: @darn_loop
+; OPT-COUNT-32: tail call i64 @llvm.ppc.darn()
+entry:
+  %inc = alloca i32, align 4
+  store i32 0, i32* %inc, align 4
+  br label %cond
+
+cond:
+  %0 = load i32, i32* %inc, align 4
+  %cmp = icmp ne i32 %0, 32
+  br i1 %cmp, label %body, label %end_loop
+
+body:
+  %1 = call i64 @llvm.ppc.darn()
+  %2 = load i32, i32* %inc, align 4
+  %idx = getelementptr inbounds i64, i64* %darn, i32 %2
+  store i64 %1, i64* %idx, align 8
+  br label %incr
+
+incr:
+  %3 = load i32, i32* %inc, align 4
+  %ninc = add nsw i32 %3, 1
+  store i32 %ninc, i32* %inc, align 4
+  br label %cond
+
+end_loop:
+  ret void
+}
+
 declare i64 @llvm.ppc.darn()
 declare i64 @llvm.ppc.darnraw()
 declare i32 @llvm.ppc.darn32()