diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.h
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
                            InsertPointTy AllocaIP, BodyGenCallbackTy BodyGenCB,
                            bool Tied = true, Value *Final = nullptr,
                            Value *IfCondition = nullptr,
-                           ArrayRef<DependData *> Dependencies = {});
+                           SmallVector<DependData> Dependencies = {});
 
   /// Generator for the taskgroup construct
   ///
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp b/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@
 OpenMPIRBuilder::createTask(const LocationDescription &Loc,
                             InsertPointTy AllocaIP, BodyGenCallbackTy BodyGenCB,
                             bool Tied, Value *Final, Value *IfCondition,
-                            ArrayRef<DependData *> Dependencies) {
+                            SmallVector<DependData> Dependencies) {
   if (!updateToLocation(Loc))
     return InsertPointTy();
 
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@
           Builder.CreateAlloca(DepArrayTy, nullptr, ".dep.arr.addr");
 
       unsigned P = 0;
-      for (DependData *Dep : Dependencies) {
+      for (const DependData &Dep : Dependencies) {
         Value *Base =
             Builder.CreateConstInBoundsGEP2_64(DepArrayTy, DepArray, 0, P);
         // Store the pointer to the variable
@@ -1450,14 +1450,14 @@
             DependInfo, Base,
             static_cast<unsigned int>(RTLDependInfoFields::BaseAddr));
         Value *DepValPtr =
-            Builder.CreatePtrToInt(Dep->DepVal, Builder.getInt64Ty());
+            Builder.CreatePtrToInt(Dep.DepVal, Builder.getInt64Ty());
         Builder.CreateStore(DepValPtr, Addr);
         // Store the size of the variable
         Value *Size = Builder.CreateStructGEP(
             DependInfo, Base,
             static_cast<unsigned int>(RTLDependInfoFields::Len));
         Builder.CreateStore(Builder.getInt64(M.getDataLayout().getTypeStoreSize(
-                                Dep->DepValueType)),
+                                Dep.DepValueType)),
                             Size);
         // Store the dependency kind
         Value *Flags = Builder.CreateStructGEP(
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@
             static_cast<unsigned int>(RTLDependInfoFields::Flags));
         Builder.CreateStore(
             ConstantInt::get(Builder.getInt8Ty(),
-                             static_cast<unsigned int>(Dep->DepKind)),
+                             static_cast<unsigned int>(Dep.DepKind)),
             Flags);
         ++P;
       }
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilderTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilderTest.cpp
--- a/llvm/unittests/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilderTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilderTest.cpp
@@ -5090,10 +5090,12 @@
   OpenMPIRBuilder::LocationDescription Loc(
       InsertPointTy(BodyBB, BodyBB->getFirstInsertionPt()), DL);
   AllocaInst *InDep = Builder.CreateAlloca(Type::getInt32Ty(M->getContext()));
-  OpenMPIRBuilder::DependData DDIn(RTLDependenceKindTy::DepIn,
-                                   Type::getInt32Ty(M->getContext()), InDep);
-  SmallVector<OpenMPIRBuilder::DependData *, 4> DDS;
-  DDS.push_back(&DDIn);
+  SmallVector<OpenMPIRBuilder::DependData> DDS;
+  {
+    OpenMPIRBuilder::DependData DDIn(RTLDependenceKindTy::DepIn,
+                                     Type::getInt32Ty(M->getContext()), InDep);
+    DDS.push_back(DDIn);
+  }
   Builder.restoreIP(OMPBuilder.createTask(
       Loc, InsertPointTy(AllocaBB, AllocaBB->getFirstInsertionPt()), BodyGenCB,
       /*Tied=*/false, /*Final*/ nullptr, /*IfCondition*/ nullptr, DDS));