diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUInstPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUInstPrinter.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUInstPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUInstPrinter.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 using namespace llvm;
 using namespace llvm::AMDGPU;
 
+static cl::opt<bool> Keep16BitSuffixes(
+  "amdgpu-keep-16-bit-reg-suffixes",
+  cl::desc("Keep .l and .h suffixes in asm for debugging purposes"),
+  cl::init(false),
+  cl::ReallyHidden);
+
 void AMDGPUInstPrinter::printRegName(raw_ostream &OS, unsigned RegNo) const {
   // FIXME: The current implementation of
   // AsmParser::parseRegisterOrRegisterNumber in MC implies we either emit this
@@ -317,7 +323,12 @@
   }
 #endif
 
-  O << getRegisterName(RegNo);
+  StringRef RegName(getRegisterName(RegNo));
+  if (!Keep16BitSuffixes)
+    if (!RegName.consume_back(".l"))
+      RegName.consume_back(".h");
+
+  O << RegName;
 }
 
 void AMDGPUInstPrinter::printVOPDst(const MCInst *MI, unsigned OpNo,
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/lo16-hi16-illegal-copy.mir b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/lo16-hi16-illegal-copy.mir
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/lo16-hi16-illegal-copy.mir
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/lo16-hi16-illegal-copy.mir
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# RUN: not llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx802 -start-before postrapseudos -asm-verbose=0 -verify-machineinstrs %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefixes=ERR,GFX8-ERR %s
-# RUN: not llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx802 -start-before postrapseudos -asm-verbose=0 -verify-machineinstrs %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN %s
-# RUN: not llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx900 -start-before postrapseudos -asm-verbose=0 -verify-machineinstrs %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR %s
-# RUN: not llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx900 -start-before postrapseudos -asm-verbose=0 -verify-machineinstrs %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefixes=GCN,GFX9 %s
+# RUN: not llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx802 -start-before postrapseudos -asm-verbose=0 -amdgpu-keep-16-bit-reg-suffixes -verify-machineinstrs %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefixes=ERR,GFX8-ERR %s
+# RUN: not llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx802 -start-before postrapseudos -asm-verbose=0 -amdgpu-keep-16-bit-reg-suffixes -verify-machineinstrs %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN %s
+# RUN: not llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx900 -start-before postrapseudos -asm-verbose=0 -amdgpu-keep-16-bit-reg-suffixes -verify-machineinstrs %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR %s
+# RUN: not llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=gfx900 -start-before postrapseudos -asm-verbose=0 -amdgpu-keep-16-bit-reg-suffixes -verify-machineinstrs %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefixes=GCN,GFX9 %s
 
 # Note: GFX8 did not allow SDWA SGPR sources. Therefor no HI16 subregs can be used there.