diff --git a/lib/DxilPIXPasses/DxilAnnotateWithVirtualRegister.cpp b/lib/DxilPIXPasses/DxilAnnotateWithVirtualRegister.cpp
index 889d7b08ef..918d5218a0 100644
--- a/lib/DxilPIXPasses/DxilAnnotateWithVirtualRegister.cpp
+++ b/lib/DxilPIXPasses/DxilAnnotateWithVirtualRegister.cpp
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ bool DxilAnnotateWithVirtualRegister::runOnModule(llvm::Module &M) {
   }
   unsigned int Major = 0;
   unsigned int Minor = 0;
-  m_DM->GetDxilVersion(Major, Minor);
-  if (Major < 6 || (Major == 6 && Minor <= 4)) {
+  m_DM->GetValidatorVersion(Major, Minor);
+  if (Major < 1 || (Major == 1 && Minor < 4)) {
     m_DM->SetValidatorVersion(1, 4);
   }
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ bool DxilAnnotateWithVirtualRegister::runOnModule(llvm::Module &M) {
     }
   }
 
-  for (auto *F : instrumentableFunctions) {
+  for (auto* F : instrumentableFunctions) {
     int InstructionRangeStart = InstNum;
     int InstructionRangeEnd = InstNum;
     for (auto &block : F->getBasicBlockList()) {
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ bool DxilAnnotateWithVirtualRegister::runOnModule(llvm::Module &M) {
                   << printableNameSubset << "\n";
     }
   }
-
   if (OSOverride != nullptr) {
     // Print a set of strings of the exemplary form "InstructionCount: <n>
     // <fnName>"
diff --git a/tools/clang/test/DXC/Passes/PIX/validatorUpgrade.ll b/tools/clang/test/DXC/Passes/PIX/validatorUpgrade.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f04dcf4fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clang/test/DXC/Passes/PIX/validatorUpgrade.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+; RUN: %dxopt %s -dxil-annotate-with-virtual-regs -hlsl-dxilemit -S | FileCheck %s
+
+; CHECK: !dx.valver = !{![[VALVER:.*]]}
+; CHECK-NOT: ![[VALVER]] = !{i32 1, i32 4}
+
+
+; GENERATED FROM:
+; dxc -Emain -Tcs_6_1
+
+
+; void main()
+; {
+; }
+
+
+
+;
+; Input signature:
+;
+; Name                 Index   Mask Register SysValue  Format   Used
+; -------------------- ----- ------ -------- -------- ------- ------
+; no parameters
+;
+; Output signature:
+;
+; Name                 Index   Mask Register SysValue  Format   Used
+; -------------------- ----- ------ -------- -------- ------- ------
+; no parameters
+; shader hash: bcdf90f13d29df9ebdc77539089a75a6
+;
+; Pipeline Runtime Information:
+;
+; Compute Shader
+; NumThreads=(1,1,1)
+;
+;
+; Buffer Definitions:
+;
+;
+; Resource Bindings:
+;
+; Name                                 Type  Format         Dim      ID      HLSL Bind  Count
+; ------------------------------ ---------- ------- ----------- ------- -------------- ------
+;
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-p:32:32-i1:32-i8:32-i16:32-i32:32-i64:64-f16:32-f32:32-f64:64-n8:16:32:64"
+target triple = "dxil-ms-dx"
+
+define void @main() {
+  ret void
+}
+
+!llvm.ident = !{!0}
+!dx.version = !{!1}
+!dx.valver = !{!2}
+!dx.shaderModel = !{!3}
+!dx.entryPoints = !{!4}
+
+!0 = !{!"dxc(private) 1.8.0.4583 (PIX_MemberFunctions, 2f4a01af1-dirty)"}
+!1 = !{i32 1, i32 1}
+!2 = !{i32 1, i32 8}
+!3 = !{!"cs", i32 6, i32 1}
+!4 = !{void ()* @main, !"main", null, null, !5}
+!5 = !{i32 4, !6}
+!6 = !{i32 1, i32 1, i32 1}
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