diff --git a/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h b/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
index c233fd2246f..85114e30995 100644
--- a/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
+++ b/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ namespace llvm {
     /// reference and return it.
     ///
     /// @param Name - The symbol name, which must be unique across all symbols.
-    MCSymbol *GetOrCreateSymbol(StringRef Name);
-    MCSymbol *GetOrCreateSymbol(const Twine &Name);
+    MCSymbol *GetOrCreateSymbol(StringRef Name, bool isTemporary = false);
+    MCSymbol *GetOrCreateSymbol(const Twine &Name, bool isTemporary = false);
 
     /// GetOrCreateTemporarySymbol - Create a new assembler temporary symbol
     /// with the specified @p Name if it doesn't exist or return the existing
diff --git a/include/llvm/MC/MCSymbol.h b/include/llvm/MC/MCSymbol.h
index d5c4d95c183..e41eb2ab885 100644
--- a/include/llvm/MC/MCSymbol.h
+++ b/include/llvm/MC/MCSymbol.h
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef LLVM_MC_MCSYMBOL_H
 #define LLVM_MC_MCSYMBOL_H
 
-#include <string>
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
-#include "llvm/System/DataTypes.h"
 
 namespace llvm {
   class MCExpr;
@@ -38,8 +36,9 @@ namespace llvm {
     // FIXME: Use a PointerInt wrapper for this?
     static const MCSection *AbsolutePseudoSection;
 
-    /// Name - The name of the symbol.
-    std::string Name;
+    /// Name - The name of the symbol.  The referred-to string data is actually
+    /// held by the StringMap that lives in MCContext.
+    StringRef Name;
 
     /// Section - The section the symbol is defined in. This is null for
     /// undefined symbols, and the special AbsolutePseudoSection value for
@@ -56,14 +55,14 @@ namespace llvm {
     
   private:  // MCContext creates and uniques these.
     friend class MCContext;
-    MCSymbol(StringRef _Name, bool _IsTemporary)
-      : Name(_Name), Section(0), Value(0), IsTemporary(_IsTemporary) {}
+    MCSymbol(StringRef name, bool isTemporary)
+      : Name(name), Section(0), Value(0), IsTemporary(isTemporary) {}
 
     MCSymbol(const MCSymbol&);       // DO NOT IMPLEMENT
     void operator=(const MCSymbol&); // DO NOT IMPLEMENT
   public:
     /// getName - Get the symbol name.
-    const std::string &getName() const { return Name; }
+    StringRef getName() const { return Name; }
 
     /// @name Symbol Type
     /// @{
diff --git a/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp b/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
index ae9a30a95f4..70c89a2333a 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
@@ -23,18 +23,25 @@ MCContext::~MCContext() {
   // we don't need to free them here.
 }
 
-MCSymbol *MCContext::GetOrCreateSymbol(StringRef Name) {
+MCSymbol *MCContext::GetOrCreateSymbol(StringRef Name, bool isTemporary) {
   assert(!Name.empty() && "Normal symbols cannot be unnamed!");
-  MCSymbol *&Entry = Symbols[Name];
-  if (Entry) return Entry;
+  
+  // Do the lookup and get the entire StringMapEntry.  We want access to the
+  // key if we are creating the entry.
+  StringMapEntry<MCSymbol*> &Entry = Symbols.GetOrCreateValue(Name);
+  if (Entry.getValue()) return Entry.getValue();
 
-  return Entry = new (*this) MCSymbol(Name, false);
+  // Ok, the entry doesn't already exist.  Have the MCSymbol object itself refer
+  // to the copy of the string that is embedded in the StringMapEntry.
+  MCSymbol *Result = new (*this) MCSymbol(Entry.getKey(), isTemporary);
+  Entry.setValue(Result);
+  return Result; 
 }
 
-MCSymbol *MCContext::GetOrCreateSymbol(const Twine &Name) {
+MCSymbol *MCContext::GetOrCreateSymbol(const Twine &Name, bool isTemporary) {
   SmallString<128> NameSV;
   Name.toVector(NameSV);
-  return GetOrCreateSymbol(NameSV.str());
+  return GetOrCreateSymbol(NameSV.str(), isTemporary);
 }
 
 MCSymbol *MCContext::CreateTempSymbol() {
@@ -50,10 +57,7 @@ MCSymbol *MCContext::GetOrCreateTemporarySymbol(StringRef Name) {
     return GetOrCreateTemporarySymbol(Twine(MAI.getPrivateGlobalPrefix()) +
                                       "tmp" + Twine(NextUniqueID++));
   
-  // Otherwise create as usual.
-  MCSymbol *&Entry = Symbols[Name];
-  if (Entry) return Entry;
-  return Entry = new (*this) MCSymbol(Name, true);
+  return GetOrCreateSymbol(Name, true);
 }
 
 MCSymbol *MCContext::GetOrCreateTemporarySymbol(const Twine &Name) {