diff --git a/llvm/lib/SYCLLowerIR/LowerWGScope.cpp b/llvm/lib/SYCLLowerIR/LowerWGScope.cpp
index d9ad10a1e63b3..9aa318e85da82 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/SYCLLowerIR/LowerWGScope.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/SYCLLowerIR/LowerWGScope.cpp
@@ -405,9 +405,7 @@ static void copyBetweenPrivateAndShadow(Value *L, GlobalVariable *Shadow,
   assert(T && "Unexpected type");
 
   if (T->isAggregateType()) {
-    // TODO: we should use methods which directly return MaybeAlign once such
-    // are added to LLVM for AllocaInst and GlobalVariable
-    auto ShdAlign = MaybeAlign(Shadow->getAlignment());
+    auto ShdAlign = Shadow->getAlign();
     Module &M = *Shadow->getParent();
     auto SizeVal = M.getDataLayout().getTypeStoreSize(T);
     auto Size = ConstantInt::get(getSizeTTy(M), SizeVal);