diff --git a/include/llvm/Instructions.h b/include/llvm/Instructions.h
index dc29b9a8f8c..b501b8eb9f6 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Instructions.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Instructions.h
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ public:
   FreeInst(Value *Ptr, BasicBlock *InsertAfter);
 
   virtual FreeInst *clone() const;
+  
+  // Accessor methods for consistency with other memory operations
+  Value *getPointerOperand() { return getOperand(0); }
+  const Value *getPointerOperand() const { return getOperand(0); }
 
   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
   static inline bool classof(const FreeInst *) { return true; }