diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/GVNSink.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/GVNSink.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/GVNSink.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/GVNSink.cpp
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
 private:
   ValueTable VN;
 
-  bool isInstructionBlacklisted(Instruction *I) {
+  bool isInstructionExcluded(Instruction *I) {
     // These instructions may change or break semantics if moved.
     if (isa<PHINode>(I) || I->isEHPad() || isa<AllocaInst>(I) ||
         I->getType()->isTokenTy())
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@
       NewInsts.push_back(I);
   }
   for (auto *I : NewInsts)
-    if (isInstructionBlacklisted(I))
+    if (isInstructionExcluded(I))
       return None;
 
   // If we've restricted the incoming blocks, restrict all needed PHIs also