Index: lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@
   /// 6.1.Load: volatile (as boolean flag)
   /// 6.2.Load: alignment (as integer numbers)
   /// 6.3.Load: synch-scope (as integer numbers)
+  /// 6.4.Load: range metadata (as integer numbers)
   /// On this stage its better to see the code, since its not more than 10-15
   /// strings for particular instruction, and could change sometimes.
   int cmpOperation(const Instruction *L, const Instruction *R) const;
@@ -788,7 +789,11 @@
     if (int Res =
             cmpNumbers(LI->getOrdering(), cast<LoadInst>(R)->getOrdering()))
       return Res;
-    return cmpNumbers(LI->getSynchScope(), cast<LoadInst>(R)->getSynchScope());
+    if (int Res =
+            cmpNumbers(LI->getSynchScope(), cast<LoadInst>(R)->getSynchScope()))
+      return Res;
+    return cmpNumbers((uint64_t)LI->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_range),
+                      (uint64_t)cast<LoadInst>(R)->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_range));
   }
   if (const StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(L)) {
     if (int Res =
Index: test/Transforms/MergeFunc/ranges.ll
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Transforms/MergeFunc/ranges.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+; RUN: opt -mergefunc -S < %s | FileCheck %s
+define i1 @cmp_with_range(i8*, i8*) {
+  %v1 = load i8* %0, !range !0
+  %v2 = load i8* %1, !range !0
+  %out = icmp eq i8 %v1, %v2
+  ret i1 %out
+}
+
+define i1 @cmp_no_range(i8*, i8*) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @cmp_no_range
+; CHECK-NEXT  %v1 = load i8* %0
+; CHECK-NEXT  %v2 = load i8* %1
+; CHECK-NEXT  %out = icmp eq i8 %v1, %v2
+; CHECK-NEXT  ret i1 %out
+  %v1 = load i8* %0
+  %v2 = load i8* %1
+  %out = icmp eq i8 %v1, %v2
+  ret i1 %out
+}
+
+define i1 @cmp_different_range(i8*, i8*) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @cmp_different_range
+; CHECK-NEXT:  %v1 = load i8* %0, !range !1
+; CHECK-NEXT:  %v2 = load i8* %1, !range !1
+; CHECK-NEXT:  %out = icmp eq i8 %v1, %v2
+; CHECK-NEXT:  ret i1 %out
+  %v1 = load i8* %0, !range !1
+  %v2 = load i8* %1, !range !1
+  %out = icmp eq i8 %v1, %v2
+  ret i1 %out
+}
+
+define i1 @cmp_with_same_range(i8*, i8*) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @cmp_with_same_range
+; CHECK: tail call i1 @cmp_with_range
+  %v1 = load i8* %0, !range !0
+  %v2 = load i8* %1, !range !0
+  %out = icmp eq i8 %v1, %v2
+  ret i1 %out
+}
+
+!0 = metadata !{i8 0, i8 2}
+!1 = metadata !{i8 5, i8 7}