diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/PGOMemOPSizeOpt.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/PGOMemOPSizeOpt.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/PGOMemOPSizeOpt.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/PGOMemOPSizeOpt.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 // This option sets the value that groups large memop sizes
 extern cl::opt<unsigned> MemOPSizeLarge;
 
-static cl::opt<bool>
+cl::opt<bool>
     MemOPOptMemcmpBcmp("pgo-memop-optimize-memcmp-bcmp", cl::init(false),
                        cl::Hidden,
                        cl::desc("Size-specialize memcmp and bcmp calls"));
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/ValueProfilePlugins.inc b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/ValueProfilePlugins.inc
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/ValueProfilePlugins.inc
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/ValueProfilePlugins.inc
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 using namespace llvm;
 using CandidateInfo = ValueProfileCollector::CandidateInfo;
 
+extern cl::opt<bool> MemOPOptMemcmpBcmp;
+
 ///--------------------------- MemIntrinsicPlugin ------------------------------
 class MemIntrinsicPlugin : public InstVisitor<MemIntrinsicPlugin> {
   Function &F;
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@
     Candidates->emplace_back(CandidateInfo{Length, InsertPt, AnnotatedInst});
   }
   void visitCallInst(CallInst &CI) {
+    if (!MemOPOptMemcmpBcmp)
+      return;
     auto *F = CI.getCalledFunction();
     if (!F)
       return;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/PGOProfile/memop_size_annotation.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/PGOProfile/memop_size_annotation.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/PGOProfile/memop_size_annotation.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/PGOProfile/memop_size_annotation.ll
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ; RUN: llvm-profdata merge %S/Inputs/memop_size_annotation.proftext -o %t.profdata
-; RUN: opt < %s -pgo-instr-use -memop-max-annotations=9 -pgo-test-profile-file=%t.profdata -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MEMOP_ANNOTATION,MEMOP_ANNOTATION9
-; RUN: opt < %s -passes=pgo-instr-use -memop-max-annotations=9 -pgo-test-profile-file=%t.profdata -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MEMOP_ANNOTATION,MEMOP_ANNOTATION9
-; RUN: opt < %s -pgo-instr-use -pgo-test-profile-file=%t.profdata -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MEMOP_ANNOTATION,MEMOP_ANNOTATION4
-; RUN: opt < %s -passes=pgo-instr-use -pgo-test-profile-file=%t.profdata -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MEMOP_ANNOTATION,MEMOP_ANNOTATION4
+; RUN: opt < %s -pgo-instr-use -memop-max-annotations=9 -pgo-test-profile-file=%t.profdata -pgo-memop-optimize-memcmp-bcmp -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MEMOP_ANNOTATION,MEMOP_ANNOTATION9
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes=pgo-instr-use -memop-max-annotations=9 -pgo-test-profile-file=%t.profdata -pgo-memop-optimize-memcmp-bcmp -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MEMOP_ANNOTATION,MEMOP_ANNOTATION9
+; RUN: opt < %s -pgo-instr-use -pgo-test-profile-file=%t.profdata -pgo-memop-optimize-memcmp-bcmp -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MEMOP_ANNOTATION,MEMOP_ANNOTATION4
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes=pgo-instr-use -pgo-test-profile-file=%t.profdata -pgo-memop-optimize-memcmp-bcmp -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MEMOP_ANNOTATION,MEMOP_ANNOTATION4
 
 target datalayout = "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
 target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"