diff --git a/base/compiler/ssair/inlining.jl b/base/compiler/ssair/inlining.jl
index 8d5ba8353b2c0..98be475520f01 100644
--- a/base/compiler/ssair/inlining.jl
+++ b/base/compiler/ssair/inlining.jl
@@ -665,18 +665,6 @@ function batch_inline!(ir::IRCode, todo::Vector{Pair{Int,Any}}, propagate_inboun
                     compact.active_result_bb -= 1
                     refinish = true
                 end
-                # It is possible for GlobalRefs and Exprs to be in argument position
-                # at this point in the IR, though in that case they are required
-                # to be effect-free. However, we must still move them out of argument
-                # position, since `Argument` is allowed in PhiNodes, but `GlobalRef`
-                # and `Expr` are not, so a substitution could anger the verifier.
-                for aidx in 1:length(argexprs)
-                    aexpr = argexprs[aidx]
-                    if isa(aexpr, Expr) || isa(aexpr, GlobalRef)
-                        ninst = removable_if_unused(NewInstruction(aexpr, argextype(aexpr, compact), compact.result[idx][:line]))
-                        argexprs[aidx] = insert_node_here!(compact, ninst)
-                    end
-                end
                 if isa(item, InliningTodo)
                     compact.ssa_rename[old_idx] = ir_inline_item!(compact, idx, argexprs, item, boundscheck, state.todo_bbs)
                 elseif isa(item, UnionSplit)
diff --git a/test/compiler/EscapeAnalysis/EscapeAnalysis.jl b/test/compiler/EscapeAnalysis/EscapeAnalysis.jl
index 9afe49c01562d..4799fe4cee5ca 100644
--- a/test/compiler/EscapeAnalysis/EscapeAnalysis.jl
+++ b/test/compiler/EscapeAnalysis/EscapeAnalysis.jl
@@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ end
         @test has_all_escape(result.state[Argument(3)]) # b
     end
     let result = @eval EATModule() begin
-            const Rx = SafeRef{String}("Rx")
-            $code_escapes((String,)) do s
+            const Rx = SafeRef(Ref(""))
+            $code_escapes((Base.RefValue{String},)) do s
                 Rx[] = s
                 Core.sizeof(Rx[])
             end
diff --git a/test/compiler/inline.jl b/test/compiler/inline.jl
index 53f7adc2a2a77..416f3873c5422 100644
--- a/test/compiler/inline.jl
+++ b/test/compiler/inline.jl
@@ -2282,3 +2282,10 @@ let;Base.Experimental.@force_compile
     f_EA_finalizer(42000)
     @test foreign_buffer_checker.finalized
 end
+
+# Test that inlining doesn't unnecessarily move things to statement position
+@noinline f_noinline_invoke(x::Union{Symbol,Nothing}=nothing) = Core.donotdelete(x)
+g_noinline_invoke(x) = f_noinline_invoke(x)
+let src = code_typed1(g_noinline_invoke, (Union{Symbol,Nothing},))
+    @test !any(@nospecialize(x)->isa(x,GlobalRef), src.code)
+end