diff --git a/compiler/optimizing/nodes.h b/compiler/optimizing/nodes.h
index 7921061..97b50d3 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizing/nodes.h
+++ b/compiler/optimizing/nodes.h
@@ -5660,6 +5660,10 @@
   bool InstructionDataEquals(const HInstruction* other ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) const override {
     return true;
   }
+  // Return whether the conversion is implicit. This includes conversion to the same type.
+  bool IsImplicitConversion() const {
+    return DataType::IsTypeConversionImplicit(GetInputType(), GetResultType());
+  }
 
   // Try to statically evaluate the conversion and return a HConstant
   // containing the result.  If the input cannot be converted, return nullptr.