diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h
@@ -1355,7 +1355,8 @@
 class InstrProfIncrementInst : public InstrProfInstBase {
 public:
   static bool classof(const IntrinsicInst *I) {
-    return I->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::instrprof_increment;
+    return I->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::instrprof_increment ||
+           I->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::instrprof_increment_step;
   }
   static bool classof(const Value *V) {
     return isa<IntrinsicInst>(V) && classof(cast<IntrinsicInst>(V));
diff --git a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/before-value-profile-lowering.ll b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/before-value-profile-lowering.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/before-value-profile-lowering.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+; Test to ensure that when the only instrprof increment instruction is
+; increment by step instruction and there is value profile instruction
+; in front of all increment instructions in a function,
+; the profile data variable is generated before value profile lowering
+
+; RUN: opt < %s -instrprof -S | FileCheck %s
+
+target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+declare void @llvm.instrprof.increment.step(i8*, i64, i32, i32, i64)
+
+declare void @llvm.instrprof.value.profile(i8*, i64, i64, i32, i32)
+
+; CHECK: @__profd_foo = private global
+@__profn_foo = private constant [3 x i8] c"foo"
+
+define i32 @foo(i32 ()* ) {
+  %2 = ptrtoint i32 ()* %0 to i64
+  call void @llvm.instrprof.value.profile(i8* getelementptr inbounds ([3 x i8], [3 x i8]* @__profn_foo, i32 0, i32 0), i64 0, i64 %2, i32 0, i32 0)
+  call void @llvm.instrprof.increment.step(i8* getelementptr inbounds ([3 x i8], [3 x i8]* @__profn_foo, i32 0, i32 0), i64 0, i32 1, i32 0, i64 0)
+  %3 = tail call i32 %0()
+  ret i32 %3
+}