diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/SVals.h b/clang/include/clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/SVals.h
index 36137fb117b3..4bc5e27aacf0 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/SVals.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/SVals.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ public:
   /// getAsSymbolicExpression - If this Sval wraps a symbolic expression then
   ///  return that expression.  Otherwise return NULL.
   const SymExpr *getAsSymbolicExpression() const;
+
+  const MemRegion *getAsRegion() const;
   
   void print(llvm::raw_ostream& OS) const;
   void printStdErr() const;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Analysis/SVals.cpp b/clang/lib/Analysis/SVals.cpp
index 7d1850d73095..d711ce0a225e 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Analysis/SVals.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Analysis/SVals.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ const SymExpr *SVal::getAsSymbolicExpression() const {
   return getAsSymbol();
 }
 
+const MemRegion *SVal::getAsRegion() const {
+  if (const loc::MemRegionVal *X = dyn_cast<loc::MemRegionVal>(this))
+    return X->getRegion();
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 bool SVal::symbol_iterator::operator==(const symbol_iterator &X) const {
   return itr == X.itr;
 }