diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp
index 371f6598e6b2b35..187820717b6fd5c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp
@@ -7999,6 +7999,8 @@ static bool tryUnmergingGEPsAcrossIndirectBr(GetElementPtrInst *GEPI,
       return false;
     if (UGEPI->getOperand(0) != GEPIOp)
       return false;
+    if (UGEPI->getSourceElementType() != GEPI->getSourceElementType())
+      return false;
     if (GEPIIdx->getType() !=
         cast<ConstantInt>(UGEPI->getOperand(1))->getType())
       return false;
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/indirect-br-gep-unmerge.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/indirect-br-gep-unmerge.ll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..6b953e3004256ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/indirect-br-gep-unmerge.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+; NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_test_checks.py UTC_ARGS: --version 3
+; RUN: opt -S -codegenprepare %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+%struct.Blub = type { i8, i8, ptr }
+
+@indirectBrPtr = external hidden global ptr
+
+define ptr @testFunc(ptr readonly %array, i1 %skip) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define ptr @testFunc(
+; CHECK-SAME: ptr readonly [[ARRAY:%.*]], i1 [[SKIP:%.*]]) {
+; CHECK-NEXT:  entry:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[SKIP]], label [[LOOPHEADER:%.*]], label [[ENDBLOCK_CLONE:%.*]]
+; CHECK:       loopHeader:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CURRENTARRAYELEMENT:%.*]] = phi ptr [ [[ARRAY]], [[ENTRY:%.*]] ], [ [[NEXTARRAYELEMENT:%.*]], [[LOOPFOOTER:%.*]] ]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ELEMENTVALUEPTR:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr [[CURRENTARRAYELEMENT]], i64 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ELEMENTVALUE:%.*]] = load i8, ptr [[ELEMENTVALUEPTR]], align 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    indirectbr ptr @indirectBrPtr, [label [[LOOPFOOTER]], label %endBlock]
+; CHECK:       loopFooter:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ISGOODVALUE:%.*]] = icmp eq i8 [[ELEMENTVALUE]], 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[NEXTARRAYELEMENT]] = getelementptr inbounds [[STRUCT_BLUB:%.*]], ptr [[CURRENTARRAYELEMENT]], i64 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[ISGOODVALUE]], label [[LOOPHEADER]], label [[ENDBLOCK_CLONE]]
+; CHECK:       endBlock:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br label [[DOTSPLIT:%.*]]
+; CHECK:       .split:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[MERGE:%.*]] = phi ptr [ [[ELEMENTVALUEPTR]], [[ENDBLOCK:%.*]] ], [ [[RETVAL_CLONE:%.*]], [[ENDBLOCK_CLONE]] ]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret ptr [[MERGE]]
+; CHECK:       endBlock.clone:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[RETVAL_CLONE]] = phi ptr [ [[ARRAY]], [[ENTRY]] ], [ [[ELEMENTVALUEPTR]], [[LOOPFOOTER]] ]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br label [[DOTSPLIT]]
+;
+entry:
+  br i1 %skip, label %loopHeader, label %endBlock
+
+loopHeader:
+  %currentArrayElement = phi ptr [ %array, %entry ], [ %nextArrayElement, %loopFooter ]
+  %elementValuePtr = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr %currentArrayElement, i64 1
+  %elementValue = load i8, ptr %elementValuePtr, align 1
+  indirectbr ptr @indirectBrPtr, [label %loopFooter, label %endBlock]
+
+loopFooter:
+  %isGoodValue = icmp eq i8 %elementValue, 0
+  %nextArrayElement = getelementptr inbounds %struct.Blub, ptr %currentArrayElement, i64 1
+  br i1 %isGoodValue, label %loopHeader, label %endBlock
+
+endBlock:
+  %retVal = phi ptr [ %array, %entry ], [ %elementValuePtr, %loopFooter ], [ %elementValuePtr, %loopHeader ]
+  ret ptr %retVal
+}