diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/TailRecursionElimination.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/TailRecursionElimination.cpp
index 09d0c272175f..6a53213c120d 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/TailRecursionElimination.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/TailRecursionElimination.cpp
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class TailRecursionEliminator {
   Instruction *AccumulatorRecursionInstr = nullptr;
 
   // Map from sync region to return blocks to sync for that sync region.
-  DenseMap<Value *, SmallPtrSet<BasicBlock *, 4>> ReturnBlocksToSync;
+  DenseMap<Value *, SmallPtrSet<BasicBlock *, 2>> ReturnBlocksToSync;
 
   TailRecursionEliminator(Function &F, const TargetTransformInfo *TTI,
                           AliasAnalysis *AA, OptimizationRemarkEmitter *ORE,
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ class TailRecursionEliminator {
 
   bool eliminateCall(CallInst *CI);
 
+  void RemoveReturnBlockToSync(BasicBlock *RetBlock);
+
   void InsertSyncsIntoReturnBlocks();
 
   void cleanupAndFinalize();
@@ -847,6 +849,11 @@ getReturnBlocksToSync(BasicBlock *Entry, SyncInst *Sync,
   }
 }
 
+void TailRecursionEliminator::RemoveReturnBlockToSync(BasicBlock *RetBlock) {
+  for (auto &ReturnsToSync : ReturnBlocksToSync)
+    ReturnsToSync.second.erase(RetBlock);
+}
+
 static bool hasPrecedingSync(SyncInst *SI) {
   // TODO: Save the results from previous calls to hasPrecedingSync, in order to
   // speed up multiple calls to this routine for different sync instructions.
@@ -941,8 +948,10 @@ bool TailRecursionEliminator::processBlock(BasicBlock &BB) {
     // because the ret instruction in there is still using a value which
     // eliminateCall will attempt to remove.  This block can only contain
     // instructions that can't have uses, therefore it is safe to remove.
-    if (pred_empty(Succ))
+    if (pred_empty(Succ)) {
+      RemoveReturnBlockToSync(Succ);
       DTU.deleteBB(Succ);
+    }
 
     eliminateCall(CI);
     return true;
@@ -1065,7 +1074,7 @@ bool TailRecursionEliminator::processBlock(BasicBlock &BB) {
       // We defer the restoration of syncs at relevant return blocks until after
       // all blocks are processed.  This approach simplifies the logic for
       // eliminating multiple tail calls that are only separated from the return
-      // by a sync, since the CFG won't be perturbed unnecessarily.
+      // by a sync, since the CFG won't be changed unnecessarily.
     } else {
       // Restore the sync that was eliminated.
       BasicBlock *RetBlock = Ret->getParent();
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/Tapir/tre-remove-return.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/Tapir/tre-remove-return.ll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea01fd4aa742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/Tapir/tre-remove-return.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+; Check that tail-call elimination handles deletion of return blocks
+; when it attempts to insert sync instructions before returns.
+;
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes="cgscc(devirt<4>(function<eager-inv;no-rerun>(tailcallelim)))" -S | FileCheck %s
+target datalayout = "e-m:o-i64:64-i128:128-n32:64-S128"
+target triple = "arm64-apple-macosx14.0.0"
+
+define void @_Z3dacPfPKfS1_xxxxxx() personality ptr null {
+entry:
+  %syncreg = call token @llvm.syncregion.start()
+  %0 = call token @llvm.tapir.runtime.start()
+  br i1 false, label %if.end10, label %if.then7
+
+if.then7:                                         ; preds = %entry
+  call void @_Z3dacPfPKfS1_xxxxxx()
+  sync within %syncreg, label %cleanup
+
+if.end10:                                         ; preds = %entry
+  call void @_Z3dacPfPKfS1_xxxxxx()
+  br label %cleanup
+
+cleanup:                                          ; preds = %if.end10, %if.then7
+  ret void
+}
+
+; CHECK: define void @_Z3dacPfPKfS1_xxxxxx()
+
+; CHECK: entry:
+; CHECK-NEXT: %syncreg = {{.*}}call token @llvm.syncregion.start()
+; CHECK-NEXT: br label %[[TAILRECURSE:.+]]
+
+; CHECK: [[TAILRECURSE]]:
+; CHECK: br i1 false, label %if.end10, label %if.then7
+
+; CHECK: if.then7:
+; CHECK-NOT: sync
+; CHECK-NEXT: br label %[[TAILRECURSE]]
+
+; CHECK: if.end10:
+; CHECK-NEXT: br label %[[TAILRECURSE]]
+
+; CHECK-NOT: ret void
+
+; Function Attrs: nounwind willreturn memory(argmem: readwrite)
+declare token @llvm.tapir.runtime.start() #0
+
+; Function Attrs: nounwind willreturn memory(argmem: readwrite)
+declare token @llvm.syncregion.start() #0
+
+; uselistorder directives
+uselistorder ptr null, { 1, 2, 0 }
+
+attributes #0 = { nounwind willreturn memory(argmem: readwrite) }