diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/simplifycfg.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/simplifycfg.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ffa208119d3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/simplifycfg.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsycl-is-device -triple spir64-unknown-unknown -flegacy-pass-manager -mllvm -sycl-opt %s -emit-llvm  -o - | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsycl-is-device -triple spir64-unknown-unknown -fno-legacy-pass-manager -mllvm -sycl-opt %s -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s
+//
+// This test checks that foo (which is @_Z3foov) is called twice after O3 optimizations.
+//
+// Usually clang with SimplifyCFG pass optimizes constructs like:
+// if (i % 2 == 0)
+//   func();
+// else
+//   func();
+//
+// into one simple func() invocation.
+// This behaviour might be wrong in cases when func's behaviour depends on
+// a place where it is written.
+// There is a relevant discussion about introducing
+// a reliable tool for such cases: https://reviews.llvm.org/D85603
+
+// CHECK: tail call spir_func void @_Z3foov()
+// CHECK: tail call spir_func void @_Z3foov()
+
+SYCL_EXTERNAL void foo();
+
+SYCL_EXTERNAL void bar(int i) {
+  if (i % 2 == 0) {
+    foo();
+  } else {
+    foo();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
index 9fe7d590eb6f5..ccc601d94a7b6 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
@@ -598,8 +598,12 @@ PassBuilder::buildFunctionSimplificationPipeline(OptimizationLevel Level,
   for (auto &C : ScalarOptimizerLateEPCallbacks)
     C(FPM, Level);
 
-  FPM.addPass(SimplifyCFGPass(
-      SimplifyCFGOptions().hoistCommonInsts(true).sinkCommonInsts(true)));
+  if (SYCLOptimizationMode)
+    FPM.addPass(SimplifyCFGPass());
+  else
+    FPM.addPass(SimplifyCFGPass(
+        SimplifyCFGOptions().hoistCommonInsts(true).sinkCommonInsts(true)));
+
   FPM.addPass(InstCombinePass());
   invokePeepholeEPCallbacks(FPM, Level);
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
index e4431520151ef..e4d08feae9ed6 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
@@ -541,8 +541,12 @@ void PassManagerBuilder::addFunctionSimplificationPasses(
     MPM.add(createLoopRerollPass());
 
   // Merge & remove BBs and sink & hoist common instructions.
-  MPM.add(createCFGSimplificationPass(
-      SimplifyCFGOptions().hoistCommonInsts(true).sinkCommonInsts(true)));
+  if (SYCLOptimizationMode)
+    MPM.add(createCFGSimplificationPass());
+  else
+    MPM.add(createCFGSimplificationPass(
+        SimplifyCFGOptions().hoistCommonInsts(true).sinkCommonInsts(true)));
+
   // Clean up after everything.
   MPM.add(createInstructionCombiningPass());
   addExtensionsToPM(EP_Peephole, MPM);