Index: lldb/trunk/include/lldb/Target/StackFrame.h
===================================================================
--- lldb/trunk/include/lldb/Target/StackFrame.h
+++ lldb/trunk/include/lldb/Target/StackFrame.h
@@ -504,6 +504,21 @@
                                                      int64_t offset);
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
+  /// Attempt to reconstruct the ValueObject for a variable with a given \a name
+  /// from within the current StackFrame, within the current block. The search
+  /// for the variable starts in the deepest block corresponding to the current
+  /// PC in the stack frame and traverse through all parent blocks stopping at
+  /// inlined function boundaries.
+  ///
+  /// @params [in] name
+  ///   The name of the variable.
+  ///
+  /// @return
+  ///   The ValueObject if found.
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------
+  lldb::ValueObjectSP FindVariable(ConstString name);
+
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------
   // lldb::ExecutionContextScope pure virtual functions
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
   lldb::TargetSP CalculateTarget() override;
Index: lldb/trunk/source/API/SBFrame.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/trunk/source/API/SBFrame.cpp
+++ lldb/trunk/source/API/SBFrame.cpp
@@ -666,28 +666,10 @@
     if (stop_locker.TryLock(&process->GetRunLock())) {
       frame = exe_ctx.GetFramePtr();
       if (frame) {
-        VariableList variable_list;
-        SymbolContext sc(frame->GetSymbolContext(eSymbolContextBlock));
-
-        if (sc.block) {
-          const bool can_create = true;
-          const bool get_parent_variables = true;
-          const bool stop_if_block_is_inlined_function = true;
+        value_sp = frame->FindVariable(ConstString(name));
 
-          if (sc.block->AppendVariables(
-                  can_create, get_parent_variables,
-                  stop_if_block_is_inlined_function,
-                  [frame](Variable *v) { return v->IsInScope(frame); },
-                  &variable_list)) {
-            var_sp = variable_list.FindVariable(ConstString(name));
-          }
-        }
-
-        if (var_sp) {
-          value_sp =
-              frame->GetValueObjectForFrameVariable(var_sp, eNoDynamicValues);
+        if (value_sp)
           sb_value.SetSP(value_sp, use_dynamic);
-        }
       } else {
         if (log)
           log->Printf("SBFrame::FindVariable () => error: could not "
Index: lldb/trunk/source/Target/StackFrame.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/trunk/source/Target/StackFrame.cpp
+++ lldb/trunk/source/Target/StackFrame.cpp
@@ -1709,6 +1709,41 @@
                         GetFrameCodeAddress());
 }
 
+lldb::ValueObjectSP StackFrame::FindVariable(ConstString name) {
+  ValueObjectSP value_sp;
+
+  if (!name)
+    return value_sp;
+
+  TargetSP target_sp = CalculateTarget();
+  ProcessSP process_sp = CalculateProcess();
+
+  if (!target_sp && !process_sp)
+    return value_sp;
+
+  VariableList variable_list;
+  VariableSP var_sp;
+  SymbolContext sc(GetSymbolContext(eSymbolContextBlock));
+
+  if (sc.block) {
+    const bool can_create = true;
+    const bool get_parent_variables = true;
+    const bool stop_if_block_is_inlined_function = true;
+
+    if (sc.block->AppendVariables(
+            can_create, get_parent_variables, stop_if_block_is_inlined_function,
+            [this](Variable *v) { return v->IsInScope(this); },
+            &variable_list)) {
+      var_sp = variable_list.FindVariable(name);
+    }
+
+    if (var_sp)
+      value_sp = GetValueObjectForFrameVariable(var_sp, eNoDynamicValues);
+  }
+
+  return value_sp;
+}
+
 TargetSP StackFrame::CalculateTarget() {
   TargetSP target_sp;
   ThreadSP thread_sp(GetThread());