diff --git a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/ExprEngineCallAndReturn.cpp b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/ExprEngineCallAndReturn.cpp
index 3c1c412af536..5b88a4549549 100644
--- a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/ExprEngineCallAndReturn.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/ExprEngineCallAndReturn.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ static SVal adjustReturnValue(SVal V, QualType ExpectedTy, QualType ActualTy,
     return V;
 
   // If the types already match, don't do any unnecessary work.
+  ExpectedTy = ExpectedTy.getCanonicalType();
+  ActualTy = ActualTy.getCanonicalType();
   if (ExpectedTy == ActualTy)
     return V;
 
diff --git a/clang/test/Analysis/retain-release-inline.m b/clang/test/Analysis/retain-release-inline.m
index a06b3531fea7..6ff9e9a55264 100644
--- a/clang/test/Analysis/retain-release-inline.m
+++ b/clang/test/Analysis/retain-release-inline.m
@@ -343,5 +343,21 @@ void test_test_return_inline_2(char *bytes) {
   CFRelease(str);
 }
 
+extern CFStringRef getString(void);
+CFStringRef testCovariantReturnType(void) __attribute__((cf_returns_retained));
 
+void usetestCovariantReturnType() {
+  CFStringRef S = ((void*)0);
+  S = testCovariantReturnType();
+  if (S)
+    CFRelease(S);
+} 
 
+CFStringRef testCovariantReturnType() {
+  CFStringRef Str = ((void*)0);
+  Str = getString();
+  if (Str) {
+    CFRetain(Str);
+  }
+  return Str;
+}