diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/MachineSink.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/MachineSink.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/MachineSink.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/MachineSink.cpp
@@ -596,9 +596,57 @@
           FindSuccToSinkTo(MI, SuccToSinkTo, BreakPHIEdge, AllSuccessors))
     return isProfitableToSinkTo(Reg, MI, SuccToSinkTo, MBB2, AllSuccessors);
 
-  // If SuccToSinkTo is final destination and it is a post dominator of current
-  // block then it is not profitable to sink MI into SuccToSinkTo block.
-  return false;
+  MachineLoop *ML = LI->getLoopFor(MBB);
+
+  // If the instruction is not inside a loop, it is not profitable to sink MI to
+  // a post dominate block SuccToSinkTo.
+  if (!ML)
+    return false;
+
+  // If this instruction is inside a loop and sinking this instruction can make
+  // more registers live range shorten, it is still prifitable.
+  for (unsigned i = 0, e = MI.getNumOperands(); i != e; ++i) {
+    const MachineOperand &MO = MI.getOperand(i);
+    // Ignore non-register operands.
+    if (!MO.isReg())
+      continue;
+    Register Reg = MO.getReg();
+    if (Reg == 0)
+      continue;
+
+    // Don't handle physical register.
+    if (Register::isPhysicalRegister(Reg))
+      return false;
+
+    const TargetRegisterClass *RC = MRI->getRegClass(Reg);
+    RegClassWeight W = TRI->getRegClassWeight(RC);
+    // Users for the defs are all dominated by SuccToSinkTo.
+    if (MO.isDef()) {
+      // This def register's live range is shortened after sinking.
+      bool LocalUse = false;
+      if (!AllUsesDominatedByBlock(Reg, SuccToSinkTo, MBB, BreakPHIEdge,
+                                   LocalUse))
+        return false;
+    } else {
+      MachineInstr *DefMI = MRI->getVRegDef(Reg);
+      // DefMI is defined outside of loop. There should be no live range
+      // impact for this operand. Defination outside of loop means:
+      // 1: defination is outside of loop.
+      // 2: defination is in this loop, but it is a PHI in the loop header.
+      if (LI->getLoopFor(DefMI->getParent()) != ML ||
+          (DefMI->isPHI() && LI->isLoopHeader(DefMI->getParent())))
+        continue;
+      // DefMI is inside the loop. Mark it as not profitable as sinking MI will
+      // enlarge DefMI live range.
+      // FIXME: check the register pressure in block SuccToSinkTo, if it is
+      // smaller than the limit after sinking, it is still profitable to sink.
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If MI is in loop and all its operands are alive across the whole loop, it is
+  // profitable to sink MI.
+  return true;
 }
 
 /// Get the sorted sequence of successors for this MachineBasicBlock, possibly
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/sink-down-more-instructions.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/sink-down-more-instructions.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/sink-down-more-instructions.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/sink-down-more-instructions.ll
@@ -9,41 +9,40 @@
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blt cr0, .LBB0_8
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  # %bb.1:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    addi r4, r5, -4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    addi r8, r6, -4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    clrldi r7, r7, 32
+; CHECK-NEXT:    clrldi r8, r7, 32
+; CHECK-NEXT:    addi r7, r6, -4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    li r5, 0
-; CHECK-NEXT:    mtctr r7
-; CHECK-NEXT:    lis r7, -30584
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mtctr r8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    lis r8, -30584
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    li r6, 0
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    cmplwi r3, 3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    cmplwi cr1, r3, 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    ori r7, r7, 34953
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ori r8, r8, 34953
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    b .LBB0_4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    .p2align 4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  .LBB0_2:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    mulhwu r9, r6, r7
-; CHECK-NEXT:    srwi r9, r9, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    mulli r9, r9, 30
-; CHECK-NEXT:    sub r9, r6, r9
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mulhwu r3, r6, r8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    srwi r3, r3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mulli r3, r3, 30
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub r3, r6, r3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  .LBB0_3:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    addi r6, r6, 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    add r9, r9, r5
-; CHECK-NEXT:    stw r9, 4(r8)
-; CHECK-NEXT:    mr r8, r3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add r3, r3, r5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    stw r3, 4(r7)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    addi r7, r7, 4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    bdz .LBB0_8
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  .LBB0_4:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    lwzu r9, 4(r4)
-; CHECK-NEXT:    addi r3, r8, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    add r5, r9, r5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    lwzu r3, 4(r4)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add r5, r3, r5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    beq cr0, .LBB0_7
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  # %bb.5:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    bne cr1, .LBB0_2
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  # %bb.6:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    slwi r9, r6, 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    slwi r3, r6, 1
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    b .LBB0_3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    .p2align 4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  .LBB0_7:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    addi r9, r6, 100
+; CHECK-NEXT:    addi r3, r6, 100
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    b .LBB0_3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  .LBB0_8:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    li r3, 0