diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VectorCombine.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VectorCombine.cpp
index a133d5433a57..1474ed0d5c69 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VectorCombine.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VectorCombine.cpp
@@ -395,8 +395,9 @@ static bool scalarizeBinopOrCmp(Instruction &I,
   Type *VecTy = I.getType();
   assert(VecTy->isVectorTy() &&
          (IsConst0 || IsConst1 || V0->getType() == V1->getType()) &&
-         (ScalarTy->isIntegerTy() || ScalarTy->isFloatingPointTy()) &&
-         "Unexpected types for insert into binop");
+         (ScalarTy->isIntegerTy() || ScalarTy->isFloatingPointTy() ||
+          ScalarTy->isPointerTy()) &&
+         "Unexpected types for insert element into binop or cmp");
 
   unsigned Opcode = I.getOpcode();
   int ScalarOpCost, VectorOpCost;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/VectorCombine/X86/scalarize-cmp.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/VectorCombine/X86/scalarize-cmp.ll
index fe2d1f0a5597..4774f64d08b5 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/VectorCombine/X86/scalarize-cmp.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/VectorCombine/X86/scalarize-cmp.ll
@@ -277,3 +277,14 @@ define <4 x float> @vec_select_use2(<4 x float> %x, <4 x float> %y, float %a) {
   %r = select <4 x i1> %cond, <4 x float> %x, <4 x float> %y
   ret <4 x float> %r
 }
+
+define <4 x i1> @vector_of_pointers(i32* %t1) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @vector_of_pointers(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[T6_SCALAR:%.*]] = icmp ne i32* [[T1:%.*]], null
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[T6:%.*]] = insertelement <4 x i1> undef, i1 [[T6_SCALAR]], i64 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret <4 x i1> [[T6]]
+;
+  %t5 = insertelement <4 x i32*> undef, i32* %t1, i32 0
+  %t6 = icmp ne <4 x i32*> %t5, zeroinitializer
+  ret <4 x i1> %t6
+}