diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "llvm-c/Types.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/Optional.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/iterator_range.h"
 #include "llvm/Config/llvm-config.h"
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@
 /// equality, presence of attributes, etc.
 class AttrBuilder {
   std::bitset<Attribute::EndAttrKinds> Attrs;
-  std::map<std::string, std::string, std::less<>> TargetDepAttrs;
+  std::map<SmallString<32>, SmallString<32>, std::less<>> TargetDepAttrs;
   MaybeAlign Alignment;
   MaybeAlign StackAlignment;
   uint64_t DerefBytes = 0;
@@ -921,7 +922,7 @@
   bool empty() const { return Attrs.none(); }
 
   // Iterators for target-dependent attributes.
-  using td_type = std::pair<std::string, std::string>;
+  using td_type = decltype(TargetDepAttrs)::value_type;
   using td_iterator = decltype(TargetDepAttrs)::iterator;
   using td_const_iterator = decltype(TargetDepAttrs)::const_iterator;
   using td_range = iterator_range<td_iterator>;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Attributes.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Attributes.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Attributes.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Attributes.cpp
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@
 }
 
 AttrBuilder &AttrBuilder::addAttribute(StringRef A, StringRef V) {
-  TargetDepAttrs[std::string(A)] = std::string(V);
+  TargetDepAttrs[A] = V;
   return *this;
 }