diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp
@@ -8084,13 +8084,17 @@
 }
 
 SDValue DAGCombiner::visitMGATHER(SDNode *N) {
-  if (Level >= AfterLegalizeTypes)
-    return SDValue();
-
   MaskedGatherSDNode *MGT = cast<MaskedGatherSDNode>(N);
   SDValue Mask = MGT->getMask();
   SDLoc DL(N);
 
+  // Zap gathers with a zero mask.
+  if (ISD::isBuildVectorAllZeros(Mask.getNode()))
+    return CombineTo(N, MGT->getPassThru(), MGT->getChain());
+
+  if (Level >= AfterLegalizeTypes)
+    return SDValue();
+
   // If the MGATHER result requires splitting and the mask is provided by a
   // SETCC, then split both nodes and its operands before legalization. This
   // prevents the type legalizer from unrolling SETCC into scalar comparisons
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/avx2-masked-gather.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/avx2-masked-gather.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/avx2-masked-gather.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/avx2-masked-gather.ll
@@ -769,3 +769,24 @@
   ret <2 x double> %res
 }
 
+
+define <2 x double> @masked_gather_zeromask(<2 x double*>* %ptr, <2 x double> %dummy, <2 x double> %passthru) {
+; X86-LABEL: masked_gather_zeromask:
+; X86:       # %bb.0: # %entry
+; X86-NEXT:    vmovaps %xmm1, %xmm0
+; X86-NEXT:    retl
+;
+; X64-LABEL: masked_gather_zeromask:
+; X64:       # %bb.0: # %entry
+; X64-NEXT:    vmovaps %xmm1, %xmm0
+; X64-NEXT:    retq
+;
+; NOGATHER-LABEL: masked_gather_zeromask:
+; NOGATHER:       # %bb.0: # %entry
+; NOGATHER-NEXT:    vmovaps %xmm1, %xmm0
+; NOGATHER-NEXT:    retq
+entry:
+  %ld  = load <2 x double*>, <2 x double*>* %ptr
+  %res = call <2 x double> @llvm.masked.gather.v2double(<2 x double*> %ld, i32 0, <2 x i1> zeroinitializer, <2 x double> %passthru)
+  ret <2 x double> %res
+}