diff --git a/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_option.h b/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_option.h
index 736c9792b0977a713fb3ee1a21f7e5ea5b4c5c61..a711e16cee6fd5660d59c1ca308a28f140b33671 100644
--- a/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_option.h
+++ b/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_option.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class MeOption : public MapleDriverOptionBase {
   static uint32 threads;
   static bool ignoreInferredRetType;
   static uint32 pregRenameLimit;
+  static uint32 rename2pregLimit;
   static uint32 delRcPULimit;
   static uint32 profileBBHotRate;
   static uint32 profileBBColdRate;
diff --git a/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_rename2preg.h b/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_rename2preg.h
index d4859c40040978240fc698f90287a5d80a993da8..bab487a25ae08cb028babd53777ad62333a731fa 100644
--- a/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_rename2preg.h
+++ b/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_rename2preg.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ class SSARename2Preg {
   MapleVector<bool> parm_used_vec;                       // if parameter is not used, it's false, otherwise true
   // if the parameter got promoted, the nth of func->mirFunc->_formal is the nth of reg_formal_vec, otherwise nullptr;
   MapleVector<RegMeExpr *> reg_formal_vec;
+ public:
+  uint32 rename2pregCount = 0;
 };
 
 class MeDoSSARename2Preg : public MeFuncPhase {
diff --git a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/hdse.cpp b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/hdse.cpp
index 496220c494ec7ac0065ad5eb1c452dc302e35a80..77eb53cbe371f6288aef615f67c6938259986dc2 100644
--- a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/hdse.cpp
+++ b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/hdse.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ void HDSE::MarkSingleUseLive(MeExpr &meExpr) {
       auto *base = static_cast<IvarMeExpr&>(meExpr).GetBase();
       MarkSingleUseLive(*base);
       VarMeExpr *mu = static_cast<IvarMeExpr&>(meExpr).GetMu();
+      workList.push_front(mu);
       if (mu->GetDefBy() != kDefByNo) {
         MapleMap<OStIdx, ChiMeNode *> *chiList = GenericGetChiListFromVarMeExpr(*mu);
         if (chiList != nullptr) {
diff --git a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_option.cpp b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_option.cpp
index 2d2459e9f92c69fed8abd3e07bd8b0f2d6944bb9..d96728e7a707da93ec04d9a3f3c69ecdac991395 100644
--- a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_option.cpp
+++ b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_option.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ uint32 MeOption::eprePULimit = UINT32_MAX;
 uint32 MeOption::lpreLimit = UINT32_MAX;
 uint32 MeOption::lprePULimit = UINT32_MAX;
 uint32 MeOption::pregRenameLimit = UINT32_MAX;
+uint32 MeOption::rename2pregLimit = UINT32_MAX;
 uint32 MeOption::profileBBHotRate = 10;
 uint32 MeOption::profileBBColdRate = 99;
 bool MeOption::noDelegateRC = false;
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ enum OptionIndex {
   kLpreLimit,
   kLprepulLimit,
   kPregreNameLimit,
+  kRename2pregLimit,
   kDelrcpuLimit,
   kProfileBBHotRate,
   kProfileBBColdRate,
@@ -535,6 +537,16 @@ const Descriptor kUsage[] = {
     "                              \t--pregrenamelimit=NUM\n",
     "me",
     {} },
+  { kRename2pregLimit,
+    0,
+    "",
+    "rename2preglimit",
+    kBuildTypeExperimental,
+    kArgCheckPolicyRequired,
+    "  --rename2preglimit          \tApply Rename-to-Preg optimization only up to NUM times\n"
+    "                              \t--rename2preglimit=NUM\n",
+    "me",
+    {} },
   { kDelrcpuLimit,
     0,
     "",
@@ -1188,6 +1200,9 @@ bool MeOption::SolveOptions(const std::vector<mapleOption::Option> &opts, bool i
       case kPregreNameLimit:
         pregRenameLimit = std::stoul(opt.Args(), nullptr);
         break;
+      case kRename2pregLimit:
+        rename2pregLimit = std::stoul(opt.Args(), nullptr);
+        break;
       case kDelrcpuLimit:
         delRcPULimit = std::stoul(opt.Args(), nullptr);
         break;
diff --git a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_rename2preg.cpp b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_rename2preg.cpp
index 4bcf7bb3b98310bf117b91a2cc17812c6491e703..36412f4c86622969fc54bfb7c5968cc69eea0b29 100644
--- a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_rename2preg.cpp
+++ b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_rename2preg.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "me_rename2preg.h"
 #include "mir_builder.h"
 #include "me_irmap.h"
+#include "me_option.h"
 
 // This phase mainly renames the variables to pseudo register.
 // Only non-ref-type variables (including parameters) with no alias are
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ RegMeExpr *SSARename2Preg::RenameVar(const VarMeExpr *varmeexpr) {
     if (ty->GetKind() != kTypeScalar && ty->GetKind() != kTypePointer) {
       return nullptr;
     }
+    if (rename2pregCount >= MeOption::rename2pregLimit) {
+      return nullptr;
+    }
     curtemp = meirmap->CreateRegMeExpr(*ty);
     OriginalSt *pregOst =
         ssaTab->GetOriginalStTable().CreatePregOriginalSt(curtemp->GetRegIdx(), func->GetMirFunc()->GetPuidx());
@@ -87,11 +91,12 @@ RegMeExpr *SSARename2Preg::RenameVar(const VarMeExpr *varmeexpr) {
         reg_formal_vec[parmindex] = curtemp;
       }
     }
+    rename2pregCount++;
     if (DEBUGFUNC(func)) {
       ost->Dump();
       LogInfo::MapleLogger() << "(ost idx " << ost->GetIndex() << ") renamed to ";
       pregOst->Dump();
-      LogInfo::MapleLogger() << std::endl;
+      LogInfo::MapleLogger() << " (count: " << rename2pregCount << ")" << std::endl;
     }
     return curtemp;
   }