diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPULowerKernelArguments.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPULowerKernelArguments.cpp
index e9d009baa20af..09412d1b0f1cc 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPULowerKernelArguments.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPULowerKernelArguments.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class PreloadKernelArgInfo {
     NF->setAttributes(AL);
     F.replaceAllUsesWith(NF);
     F.setCallingConv(CallingConv::C);
+    F.clearMetadata();
 
     return NF;
   }
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/preload-implicit-kernargs-debug-info.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/preload-implicit-kernargs-debug-info.ll
index a6a0b88dce125..b008f397318e8 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/preload-implicit-kernargs-debug-info.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/preload-implicit-kernargs-debug-info.ll
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-; RUN: not --crash opt -mtriple=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -mcpu=gfx940 -passes='amdgpu-attributor,function(amdgpu-lower-kernel-arguments)' -amdgpu-kernarg-preload-count=16 -S < %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt -mtriple=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -mcpu=gfx940 -passes='amdgpu-attributor,function(amdgpu-lower-kernel-arguments)' -amdgpu-kernarg-preload-count=16 -S < %s 2>&1 \
+; RUN: | FileCheck --match-full-lines --implicit-check-not='declare' %s
 
-; CHECK: function declaration may only have a unique !dbg attachment
-; CHECK-NEXT: ptr @0
+; Confirms we do not leave behind a declaration which references the same
+; DISubprogram metadata.
+
+; CHECK: define amdgpu_kernel void @preload_block_count_x{{.*}} !dbg ![[#]] !max_work_group_size ![[#]] {
+; CHECK: declare void @0{{.*}} #[[#]]
+; CHECK: declare noundef align 4 ptr addrspace(4) @llvm.amdgcn.implicitarg.ptr() #[[#]]
+; CHECK: declare noundef align 4 ptr addrspace(4) @llvm.amdgcn.kernarg.segment.ptr() #[[#]]
 
 define amdgpu_kernel void @preload_block_count_x(ptr addrspace(1) %out) !dbg !4 !max_work_group_size !7 {
   %imp_arg_ptr = call ptr addrspace(4) @llvm.amdgcn.implicitarg.ptr()