Index: lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstructionCombining.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstructionCombining.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstructionCombining.cpp
@@ -1863,12 +1863,18 @@
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-static bool isNeverEqualToUnescapedAlloc(Value *V) {
+static bool isNeverEqualToUnescapedAlloc(Value *V, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI,
+                                         Instruction *AI) {
   if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(V))
     return true;
   if (auto *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(V))
     return isa<GlobalVariable>(LI->getPointerOperand());
-  return false;
+  // Two distinct allocations will never be equal.
+  // We rely on LookThroughBitCast in isAllocLikeFn being false, since looking
+  // through bitcasts of V can cause
+  // the result statement below to be true, even when AI and V (ex:
+  // i8* ->i32* ->i8* of AI) are the same allocations.
+  return isAllocLikeFn(V, TLI) && V != AI;
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -1895,12 +1901,12 @@
       case Instruction::ICmp: {
         ICmpInst *ICI = cast<ICmpInst>(I);
         // We can fold eq/ne comparisons with null to false/true, respectively.
-        // We fold comparisons in some conditions provided the alloc has not
+        // We also fold comparisons in some conditions provided the alloc has not
         // escaped.
         if (!ICI->isEquality())
           return false;
         unsigned OtherIndex = (ICI->getOperand(0) == PI) ? 1 : 0;
-        if (!isNeverEqualToUnescapedAlloc(ICI->getOperand(OtherIndex)))
+        if (!isNeverEqualToUnescapedAlloc(ICI->getOperand(OtherIndex), TLI, AI))
           return false;
         Users.emplace_back(I);
         continue;
Index: test/Transforms/InstCombine/compare-unescaped.ll
===================================================================
--- test/Transforms/InstCombine/compare-unescaped.ll
+++ test/Transforms/InstCombine/compare-unescaped.ll
@@ -40,3 +40,53 @@
   ret i32 %rt 
 ; CHECK: ret i32 %rt
 }
+
+define i1 @compare_distinct_mallocs() {
+  %m = call i8* @malloc(i64 4)
+  %n = call i8* @malloc(i64 4)
+  %cmp = icmp eq i8* %m, %n
+  ret i1 %cmp
+  ; CHECK-LABEL: compare_distinct_mallocs
+  ; CHECK: ret i1 false
+}
+
+; the compare is folded to true since the folding compare looks through bitcasts. 
+; call to malloc and the bitcast instructions are elided after that since there are no uses of the malloc 
+define i1 @compare_samepointer_under_bitcast() {
+  %m = call i8* @malloc(i64 4)
+  %bc = bitcast i8* %m to i32*
+  %bcback = bitcast i32* %bc to i8*
+  %cmp = icmp eq i8* %m, %bcback
+  ret i1 %cmp
+; CHECK-LABEL: compare_samepointer_under_bitcast
+; CHECK: ret i1 true 
+}
+
+; the compare is folded to true since the folding compare looks through bitcasts. 
+; call to malloc and the bitcast instructions are elided after that since there are no uses of the malloc 
+define i1 @compare_samepointer_escaped() {
+  %m = call i8* @malloc(i64 4)
+  %bc = bitcast i8* %m to i32*
+  %bcback = bitcast i32* %bc to i8*
+  %cmp = icmp eq i8* %m, %bcback
+  call void @f() [ "deopt"(i8* %m) ]
+  ret i1 %cmp
+; CHECK-LABEL: compare_samepointer_escaped
+; CHECK-NEXT: %m = call i8* @malloc(i64 4)
+; CHECK-NEXT: call void @f() [ "deopt"(i8* %m) ]
+; CHECK: ret i1 true 
+}
+
+; The malloc call for %m cannot be elided since it is used in the call to function f.
+; However, the cmp can be folded to true as %n doesnt escape and %m, %n are distinct allocations
+define i1 @compare_distinct_pointer_escape() {
+  %m = call i8* @malloc(i64 4)
+  %n = call i8* @malloc(i64 4)
+  tail call void @f() [ "deopt"(i8* %m) ]
+  %cmp = icmp ne i8* %m, %n
+  ret i1 %cmp
+; CHECK-LABEL: compare_distinct_pointer_escape
+; CHECK-NEXT: %m = call i8* @malloc(i64 4)
+; CHECK-NEXT: tail call void @f() [ "deopt"(i8* %m) ]
+; CHECK-NEXT: ret i1 true
+}