diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
   using NamedMDListType = ilist<NamedMDNode>;
   /// The type of the comdat "symbol" table.
   using ComdatSymTabType = StringMap<Comdat>;
+  /// The type for mapping names to named metadata.
+  using NamedMDSymTabType = StringMap<NamedMDNode *>;
 
   /// The Global Variable iterator.
   using global_iterator = GlobalListType::iterator;
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@
                                   ///< recorded in bitcode.
   std::string TargetTriple;       ///< Platform target triple Module compiled on
                                   ///< Format: (arch)(sub)-(vendor)-(sys0-(abi)
-  void *NamedMDSymTab;            ///< NamedMDNode names.
+  NamedMDSymTabType NamedMDSymTab;  ///< NamedMDNode names.
   DataLayout DL;                  ///< DataLayout associated with the module
 
   friend class Constant;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
 Module::Module(StringRef MID, LLVMContext &C)
     : Context(C), Materializer(), ModuleID(MID), SourceFileName(MID), DL("") {
   ValSymTab = new ValueSymbolTable();
-  NamedMDSymTab = new StringMap<NamedMDNode *>();
   Context.addModule(this);
 }
 
@@ -85,8 +84,8 @@
   AliasList.clear();
   IFuncList.clear();
   NamedMDList.clear();
+  NamedMDSymTab.clear();
   delete ValSymTab;
-  delete static_cast<StringMap<NamedMDNode *> *>(NamedMDSymTab);
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<RandomNumberGenerator> Module::createRNG(const Pass* P) const {
@@ -250,15 +249,14 @@
 NamedMDNode *Module::getNamedMetadata(const Twine &Name) const {
   SmallString<256> NameData;
   StringRef NameRef = Name.toStringRef(NameData);
-  return static_cast<StringMap<NamedMDNode*> *>(NamedMDSymTab)->lookup(NameRef);
+  return NamedMDSymTab.lookup(NameRef);
 }
 
 /// getOrInsertNamedMetadata - Return the first named MDNode in the module
 /// with the specified name. This method returns a new NamedMDNode if a
 /// NamedMDNode with the specified name is not found.
 NamedMDNode *Module::getOrInsertNamedMetadata(StringRef Name) {
-  NamedMDNode *&NMD =
-    (*static_cast<StringMap<NamedMDNode *> *>(NamedMDSymTab))[Name];
+  NamedMDNode *&NMD = NamedMDSymTab[Name];
   if (!NMD) {
     NMD = new NamedMDNode(Name);
     NMD->setParent(this);
@@ -270,7 +268,7 @@
 /// eraseNamedMetadata - Remove the given NamedMDNode from this module and
 /// delete it.
 void Module::eraseNamedMetadata(NamedMDNode *NMD) {
-  static_cast<StringMap<NamedMDNode *> *>(NamedMDSymTab)->erase(NMD->getName());
+  NamedMDSymTab.erase(NMD->getName());
   NamedMDList.erase(NMD->getIterator());
 }