diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/InlineFunction.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/InlineFunction.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/InlineFunction.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/InlineFunction.cpp
@@ -1368,9 +1368,6 @@
 }
 
 static void AddReturnAttributes(CallBase &CB, ValueToValueMapTy &VMap) {
-  if (!UpdateReturnAttributes)
-    return;
-
   AttrBuilder Valid = IdentifyValidAttributes(CB);
   if (!Valid.hasAttributes())
     return;