Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPU.td
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPU.td
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPU.td
@@ -365,6 +365,13 @@
   "Force to generate flat instruction for global"
 >;
 
+def FeatureAutoWaitcntBeforeBarrier : SubtargetFeature <
+  "auto-waitcnt-before-barrier",
+  "AutoWaitcntBeforeBarrier",
+  "true",
+  "Hardware automatically inserts waitcnt before barrier"
+>;
+
 // Dummy feature used to disable assembler instructions.
 def FeatureDisable : SubtargetFeature<"",
   "FeatureDisable","true",
Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.h
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.h
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
   bool FPExceptions;
   bool DX10Clamp;
   bool FlatForGlobal;
+  bool AutoWaitcntBeforeBarrier;
   bool UnalignedScratchAccess;
   bool UnalignedBufferAccess;
   bool HasApertureRegs;
@@ -363,6 +364,10 @@
     return FlatForGlobal;
   }
 
+  bool hasAutoWaitcntBeforeBarrier() const {
+    return AutoWaitcntBeforeBarrier;
+  }
+
   bool hasUnalignedBufferAccess() const {
     return UnalignedBufferAccess;
   }
@@ -727,12 +732,6 @@
   /// Return the maximum number of waves per SIMD for kernels using \p VGPRs VGPRs
   unsigned getOccupancyWithNumVGPRs(unsigned VGPRs) const;
 
-  /// \returns True if waitcnt instruction is needed before barrier instruction,
-  /// false otherwise.
-  bool needWaitcntBeforeBarrier() const {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   /// \returns true if the flat_scratch register should be initialized with the
   /// pointer to the wave's scratch memory rather than a size and offset.
   bool flatScratchIsPointer() const {
Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.cpp
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSubtarget.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     FPExceptions(false),
     DX10Clamp(false),
     FlatForGlobal(false),
+    AutoWaitcntBeforeBarrier(false),
     UnalignedScratchAccess(false),
     UnalignedBufferAccess(false),
 
Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInsertWaitcnts.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInsertWaitcnts.cpp
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInsertWaitcnts.cpp
@@ -1009,7 +1009,8 @@
   // occurs before the instruction. Doing it here prevents any additional
   // S_WAITCNTs from being emitted if the instruction was marked as
   // requiring a WAITCNT beforehand.
-  if (MI.getOpcode() == AMDGPU::S_BARRIER && ST->needWaitcntBeforeBarrier()) {
+  if (MI.getOpcode() == AMDGPU::S_BARRIER &&
+      !ST->hasAutoWaitcntBeforeBarrier()) {
     EmitSwaitcnt |=
         ScoreBrackets->updateByWait(VM_CNT, ScoreBrackets->getScoreUB(VM_CNT));
     EmitSwaitcnt |= ScoreBrackets->updateByWait(
Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInsertWaits.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInsertWaits.cpp
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIInsertWaits.cpp
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
       // but we also want to wait for any other outstanding transfers before
       // signalling other hardware blocks
       if ((I->getOpcode() == AMDGPU::S_BARRIER &&
-               ST->needWaitcntBeforeBarrier()) ||
+               !ST->hasAutoWaitcntBeforeBarrier()) ||
            I->getOpcode() == AMDGPU::S_SENDMSG ||
            I->getOpcode() == AMDGPU::S_SENDMSGHALT)
         Required = LastIssued;
Index: test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/llvm.amdgcn.s.barrier.ll
===================================================================
--- test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/llvm.amdgcn.s.barrier.ll
+++ test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/llvm.amdgcn.s.barrier.ll
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=GFX8 %s
-; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx900 -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=GFX9 %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=GFX8 -check-prefix=NOAUTO %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mattr=+auto-waitcnt-before-barrier -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=GFX8 -check-prefix=AUTO %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx900 -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=GFX9 -check-prefix=NOAUTO %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx900 -mattr=+auto-waitcnt-before-barrier -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=GFX9 -check-prefix=AUTO %s
 
 ; GCN-LABEL: {{^}}test_barrier:
 ; GFX8: buffer_store_dword
 ; GFX9: flat_store_dword
-; GCN: s_waitcnt
+; NOAUTO: s_waitcnt
+; AUTO-NOT: s_waitcnt
 ; GCN: s_barrier
 define amdgpu_kernel void @test_barrier(i32 addrspace(1)* %out, i32 %size) #0 {
 entry: