diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Function.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Function.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Function.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Function.h
@@ -719,10 +719,16 @@
   /// \Returns \p ToIt.
   Function::iterator erase(Function::iterator FromIt, Function::iterator ToIt);
 
+  /// Erases \p BB fromt he basic block list. \Returns the iterator of the basic
+  /// block following \p BB.
+  Function::iterator erase(BasicBlock *BB) {
+    auto BBIt = BB->getIterator();
+    return erase(BBIt, std::next(BBIt));
+  }
+
 private:
   // These need access to the underlying BB list.
   friend void BasicBlock::removeFromParent();
-  friend iplist<BasicBlock>::iterator BasicBlock::eraseFromParent();
   template <class BB_t, class BB_i_t, class BI_t, class II_t>
   friend class InstIterator;
   friend class llvm::SymbolTableListTraits<llvm::BasicBlock>;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/BasicBlock.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/BasicBlock.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/BasicBlock.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/BasicBlock.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 }
 
 iplist<BasicBlock>::iterator BasicBlock::eraseFromParent() {
-  return getParent()->getBasicBlockList().erase(getIterator());
+  return getParent()->erase(this);
 }
 
 void BasicBlock::moveBefore(BasicBlock *MovePos) {
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/IR/FunctionTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/IR/FunctionTest.cpp
--- a/llvm/unittests/IR/FunctionTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/IR/FunctionTest.cpp
@@ -486,4 +486,54 @@
   It = F->erase(F->begin(), F->end());
   EXPECT_EQ(F->size(), 0u);
 }
+
+TEST(FunctionTest, EraseSingleBB) {
+  LLVMContext Ctx;
+  std::unique_ptr<Module> M = parseIR(Ctx, R"(
+    define void @foo() {
+     bb1:
+       br label %bb2
+     bb2:
+       br label %bb3
+     bb3:
+       br label %bb4
+     bb4:
+       br label %bb5
+     bb5:
+       ret void
+    }
+)");
+
+  Function *F = M->getFunction("foo");
+  BasicBlock *BB1 = getBBWithName(F, "bb1");
+  BasicBlock *BB2 = getBBWithName(F, "bb2");
+  BasicBlock *BB3 = getBBWithName(F, "bb3");
+  BasicBlock *BB4 = getBBWithName(F, "bb4");
+  BasicBlock *BB5 = getBBWithName(F, "bb5");
+  EXPECT_EQ(F->size(), 5u);
+
+  // Erase BB2.
+  BB1->getTerminator()->eraseFromParent();
+  auto It = F->erase(BB2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(F->size(), 4u);
+  // Check that the iterator returned matches the node after the erased one.
+  EXPECT_EQ(It, BB3->getIterator());
+
+  It = F->begin();
+  EXPECT_EQ(&*It++, BB1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(&*It++, BB3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(&*It++, BB4);
+  EXPECT_EQ(&*It++, BB5);
+
+  // Erase BB5.
+  BB4->getTerminator()->eraseFromParent();
+  It = F->erase(BB5);
+  EXPECT_EQ(F->size(), 3u);
+  EXPECT_EQ(It, F->end());
+  It = F->begin();
+  EXPECT_EQ(&*It++, BB1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(&*It++, BB3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(&*It++, BB4);
+}
+
 } // end namespace