diff --git a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInstance.cpp b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInstance.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInstance.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInstance.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 }
 
 void CompilerInstance::setVerboseOutputStream(raw_ostream &Value) {
-  OwnedVerboseOutputStream.release();
+  OwnedVerboseOutputStream.reset();
   VerboseOutputStream = &Value;
 }
 
diff --git a/clang/unittests/Frontend/OutputStreamTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/Frontend/OutputStreamTest.cpp
--- a/clang/unittests/Frontend/OutputStreamTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/Frontend/OutputStreamTest.cpp
@@ -101,4 +101,12 @@
   EXPECT_TRUE(StringRef(VerboseBuffer.data()).contains("errors generated"));
 }
 
+TEST(FrontendOutputTests, TestVerboseOutputStreamOwnedNotLeaked) {
+  CompilerInstance Compiler;
+  Compiler.setVerboseOutputStream(std::make_unique<raw_null_ostream>());
+
+  // Trust leak sanitizer bots to catch a leak here.
+  Compiler.setVerboseOutputStream(llvm::nulls());
+}
+
 } // anonymous namespace