diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Metadata.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Metadata.h
index 6b202d88a96c..d06621df3aac 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Metadata.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Metadata.h
@@ -818,9 +818,11 @@ class MDNodeFwdDecl : public MDNode, ReplaceableMetadataImpl {
 
   MDNodeFwdDecl(LLVMContext &C, ArrayRef<Metadata *> Vals)
       : MDNode(C, MDNodeFwdDeclKind, Vals) {}
-  ~MDNodeFwdDecl() { dropAllReferences(); }
 
 public:
+  ~MDNodeFwdDecl() { dropAllReferences(); }
+  using MDNode::operator delete;
+
   static bool classof(const Metadata *MD) {
     return MD->getMetadataID() == MDNodeFwdDeclKind;
   }
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/IR/MetadataTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/IR/MetadataTest.cpp
index ecda5e8820e7..c86fdd4f9233 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/IR/MetadataTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/IR/MetadataTest.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ TEST_F(MDNodeTest, Delete) {
   delete I;
 }
 
+TEST_F(MDNodeTest, DeleteMDNodeFwdDecl) {
+  delete MDNode::getTemporary(Context, None);
+}
+
 TEST_F(MDNodeTest, SelfReference) {
   // !0 = !{!0}
   // !1 = !{!0}