diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopLoadElimination.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopLoadElimination.cpp
index e7b5a264e8b1e..f1a2e7fd2b17d 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopLoadElimination.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopLoadElimination.cpp
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ struct StoreToLoadForwardingCandidate {
     Value *LoadPtr = Load->getPointerOperand();
     Value *StorePtr = Store->getPointerOperand();
     Type *LoadPtrType = LoadPtr->getType();
-    Type *LoadType = LoadPtrType->getPointerElementType();
+    Type *LoadType = getLoadStoreType(Load);
 
     assert(LoadPtrType->getPointerAddressSpace() ==
                StorePtr->getType()->getPointerAddressSpace() &&
-           LoadType == StorePtr->getType()->getPointerElementType() &&
+           LoadType == getLoadStoreType(Store) &&
            "Should be a known dependence");
 
     // Currently we only support accesses with unit stride.  FIXME: we should be