diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleImport.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleImport.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleImport.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/ModuleImport.cpp
@@ -1764,8 +1764,15 @@
   if (dbgIntr->hasArgList() || dbgIntr->getExpression()->getNumElements() != 0)
     return emitUnsupportedWarning();
   FailureOr<Value> argOperand = convertMetadataValue(dbgIntr->getArgOperand(0));
-  if (failed(argOperand))
-    return failure();
+  if (failed(argOperand)) {
+    // Kill locations can have metadata nodes as location operand. This
+    // cannot be converted to poison as the type cannot be reconstructed.
+    // TODO: find a way to support this case.
+    if (dbgIntr->isKillLocation())
+      return success();
+    return emitError(loc) << "failed to convert a debug intrinsic operand: "
+                          << diag(*dbgIntr);
+  }
 
   // Ensure that the debug instrinsic is inserted right after its operand is
   // defined. Otherwise, the operand might not necessarily dominate the
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll
@@ -548,3 +548,25 @@
 !2 = !DIFile(filename: "debug-info.ll", directory: "/")
 !8 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "func_in_module", scope: !10, file: !2, unit: !1);
 !10 = !DIModule(scope: !2, name: "module", configMacros: "bar", includePath: "/", apinotes: "/", file: !2, line: 42, isDecl: true)
+
+; // -----
+
+; Check that metadata kill locations are skipped properly.
+
+; CHECK-LABEL: @metadata_kill_location
+define void @metadata_kill_location() {
+  call void @llvm.dbg.value(metadata !3, metadata !7, metadata !DIExpression()), !dbg !9
+  ret void
+}
+
+declare void @llvm.dbg.value(metadata, metadata, metadata)
+
+!llvm.dbg.cu = !{!1}
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!0}
+!0 = !{i32 2, !"Debug Info Version", i32 3}
+!1 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C, file: !2)
+!2 = !DIFile(filename: "debug-info.ll", directory: "/")
+!3 = !{}
+!7 = !DILocalVariable(scope: !8, name: "killed")
+!8 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "metadata_kill_location", scope: !2, file: !2, unit: !1);
+!9 = !DILocation(line: 1, column: 2, scope: !8)