diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/AsmWriter.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/AsmWriter.cpp
index 638b0244148b..4ab925b84ddf 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/AsmWriter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/AsmWriter.cpp
@@ -383,16 +383,6 @@ static void PrintCallingConv(unsigned cc, raw_ostream &Out) {
   }
 }
 
-void llvm::PrintEscapedString(StringRef Name, raw_ostream &Out) {
-  for (unsigned i = 0, e = Name.size(); i != e; ++i) {
-    unsigned char C = Name[i];
-    if (isprint(C) && C != '\\' && C != '"')
-      Out << C;
-    else
-      Out << '\\' << hexdigit(C >> 4) << hexdigit(C & 0x0F);
-  }
-}
-
 enum PrefixType {
   GlobalPrefix,
   ComdatPrefix,
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/StringExtras.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/StringExtras.cpp
index 21157a14086d..f4933150d282 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/StringExtras.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/StringExtras.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ void llvm::SplitString(StringRef Source,
   }
 }
 
+void llvm::PrintEscapedString(StringRef Name, raw_ostream &Out) {
+  for (unsigned i = 0, e = Name.size(); i != e; ++i) {
+    unsigned char C = Name[i];
+    if (isprint(C) && C != '\\' && C != '"')
+      Out << C;
+    else
+      Out << '\\' << hexdigit(C >> 4) << hexdigit(C & 0x0F);
+  }
+}
+
 void llvm::printLowerCase(StringRef String, raw_ostream &Out) {
   for (const char C : String)
     Out << toLower(C);