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diff --git a/lib/Analysis/LazyValueInfo.cpp b/lib/Analysis/LazyValueInfo.cpp
index 0c38dc6fe03..281ff89bfe4 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/LazyValueInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/LazyValueInfo.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#define DEBUG_TYPE "lazy-value-info"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/LazyValueInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/DenseSet.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@
 using namespace llvm;
 using namespace PatternMatch;
 
+#define DEBUG_TYPE "lazy-value-info"
+
 char LazyValueInfo::ID = 0;
 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(LazyValueInfo, "lazy-value-info",
                 "Lazy Value Information Analysis", false, true)
@@ -499,8 +500,23 @@ bool LazyValueInfoCache::solveBlockValue(Value *Val, BasicBlock *BB) {
   // cache needs updating, i.e. if we have solve a new value or not.
   OverDefinedCacheUpdater ODCacheUpdater(Val, BB, BBLV, this);
 
-  // If we've already computed this block's value, return it.
-  if (!BBLV.isUndefined()) {
+  // Once this BB is encountered, Val's value for this BB will not be Undefined
+  // any longer. When we encounter this BB again, if Val's value is Overdefined,
+  // we need to compute its value again.
+  // 
+  // For example, considering this control flow,
+  //   BB1->BB2, BB1->BB3, BB2->BB3, BB2->BB4
+  //
+  // Suppose we have "icmp slt %v, 0" in BB1, and "icmp sgt %v, 0" in BB3. At
+  // the very beginning, when analyzing edge BB2->BB3, we don't know %v's value
+  // in BB2, and the data flow algorithm tries to compute BB2's predecessors, so
+  // then we know %v has negative value on edge BB1->BB2. And then we return to
+  // check BB2 again, and at this moment BB2 has Overdefined value for %v in
+  // BB2. So we should have to follow data flow propagation algorithm to get the
+  // value on edge BB1->BB2 propagated to BB2, and finally %v on BB2 has a
+  // constant range describing a negative value.
+
+  if (!BBLV.isUndefined() && !BBLV.isOverdefined()) {
     DEBUG(dbgs() << "  reuse BB '" << BB->getName() << "' val=" << BBLV <<'\n');
     
     // Since we're reusing a cached value here, we don't need to update the