diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.cpp
index cc168a2266ef69..f026dbe2b2de72 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ VPBlockBase *VPBlockBase::getEnclosingBlockWithPredecessors() {
 }
 
 void VPBlockBase::deleteCFG(VPBlockBase *Entry) {
-  for (VPBlockBase *Block : to_vector(depth_first(Entry)))
+  for (VPBlockBase *Block : to_vector(vp_depth_first_shallow(Entry)))
     delete Block;
 }
 
@@ -504,14 +504,15 @@ void VPBasicBlock::print(raw_ostream &O, const Twine &Indent,
 #endif
 
 void VPRegionBlock::dropAllReferences(VPValue *NewValue) {
-  for (VPBlockBase *Block : depth_first(Entry))
+  for (VPBlockBase *Block : vp_depth_first_shallow(Entry))
     // Drop all references in VPBasicBlocks and replace all uses with
     // DummyValue.
     Block->dropAllReferences(NewValue);
 }
 
 void VPRegionBlock::execute(VPTransformState *State) {
-  ReversePostOrderTraversal<VPBlockBase *> RPOT(Entry);
+  ReversePostOrderTraversal<VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<VPBlockBase *>>
+      RPOT(Entry);
 
   if (!isReplicator()) {
     // Create and register the new vector loop.
@@ -565,7 +566,7 @@ void VPRegionBlock::print(raw_ostream &O, const Twine &Indent,
                           VPSlotTracker &SlotTracker) const {
   O << Indent << (isReplicator() ? "<xVFxUF> " : "<x1> ") << getName() << ": {";
   auto NewIndent = Indent + "  ";
-  for (auto *BlockBase : depth_first(Entry)) {
+  for (auto *BlockBase : vp_depth_first_shallow(Entry)) {
     O << '\n';
     BlockBase->print(O, NewIndent, SlotTracker);
   }
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@ VPlan::~VPlan() {
 
   if (Entry) {
     VPValue DummyValue;
-    for (VPBlockBase *Block : depth_first(Entry))
+    for (VPBlockBase *Block : vp_depth_first_shallow(Entry))
       Block->dropAllReferences(&DummyValue);
 
     VPBlockBase::deleteCFG(Entry);
@@ -670,7 +671,7 @@ void VPlan::execute(VPTransformState *State) {
   State->Builder.SetInsertPoint(VectorPreHeader->getTerminator());
 
   // Generate code in the loop pre-header and body.
-  for (VPBlockBase *Block : depth_first(Entry))
+  for (VPBlockBase *Block : vp_depth_first_shallow(Entry))
     Block->execute(State);
 
   VPBasicBlock *LatchVPBB = getVectorLoopRegion()->getExitingBasicBlock();
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ void VPlan::print(raw_ostream &O) const {
     O << " = backedge-taken count\n";
   }
 
-  for (const VPBlockBase *Block : depth_first(getEntry())) {
+  for (const VPBlockBase *Block : vp_depth_first_shallow(getEntry())) {
     O << '\n';
     Block->print(O, "", SlotTracker);
   }
@@ -881,7 +882,7 @@ void VPlanPrinter::dump() {
   OS << "edge [fontname=Courier, fontsize=30]\n";
   OS << "compound=true\n";
 
-  for (const VPBlockBase *Block : depth_first(Plan.getEntry()))
+  for (const VPBlockBase *Block : vp_depth_first_shallow(Plan.getEntry()))
     dumpBlock(Block);
 
   OS << "}\n";
@@ -966,7 +967,7 @@ void VPlanPrinter::dumpRegion(const VPRegionBlock *Region) {
      << DOT::EscapeString(Region->getName()) << "\"\n";
   // Dump the blocks of the region.
   assert(Region->getEntry() && "Region contains no inner blocks.");
-  for (const VPBlockBase *Block : depth_first(Region->getEntry()))
+  for (const VPBlockBase *Block : vp_depth_first_shallow(Region->getEntry()))
     dumpBlock(Block);
   bumpIndent(-1);
   OS << Indent << "}\n";
@@ -1035,7 +1036,8 @@ void VPUser::printOperands(raw_ostream &O, VPSlotTracker &SlotTracker) const {
 void VPInterleavedAccessInfo::visitRegion(VPRegionBlock *Region,
                                           Old2NewTy &Old2New,
                                           InterleavedAccessInfo &IAI) {
-  ReversePostOrderTraversal<VPBlockBase *> RPOT(Region->getEntry());
+  ReversePostOrderTraversal<VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<VPBlockBase *>>
+      RPOT(Region->getEntry());
   for (VPBlockBase *Base : RPOT) {
     visitBlock(Base, Old2New, IAI);
   }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanCFG.h b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanCFG.h
index 5234c9ff650af3..8ee949d2f55297 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanCFG.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanCFG.h
@@ -271,6 +271,65 @@ struct GraphTraits<VPBlockRecursiveTraversalWrapper<const VPBlockBase *>> {
   }
 };
 
+/// Helper for GraphTraits specialization that does not traverses through
+/// VPRegionBlocks.
+template <typename BlockTy> class VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper {
+  BlockTy Entry;
+
+public:
+  VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper(BlockTy Entry) : Entry(Entry) {}
+  BlockTy getEntry() { return Entry; }
+};
+
+template <> struct GraphTraits<VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<VPBlockBase *>> {
+  using NodeRef = VPBlockBase *;
+  using ChildIteratorType = SmallVectorImpl<VPBlockBase *>::iterator;
+
+  static NodeRef getEntryNode(VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<VPBlockBase *> N) {
+    return N.getEntry();
+  }
+
+  static inline ChildIteratorType child_begin(NodeRef N) {
+    return N->getSuccessors().begin();
+  }
+
+  static inline ChildIteratorType child_end(NodeRef N) {
+    return N->getSuccessors().end();
+  }
+};
+
+template <>
+struct GraphTraits<VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<const VPBlockBase *>> {
+  using NodeRef = const VPBlockBase *;
+  using ChildIteratorType = SmallVectorImpl<VPBlockBase *>::const_iterator;
+
+  static NodeRef
+  getEntryNode(VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<const VPBlockBase *> N) {
+    return N.getEntry();
+  }
+
+  static inline ChildIteratorType child_begin(NodeRef N) {
+    return N->getSuccessors().begin();
+  }
+
+  static inline ChildIteratorType child_end(NodeRef N) {
+    return N->getSuccessors().end();
+  }
+};
+
+/// Returns an iterator range to traverse the graph starting at \p G in
+/// depth-first order. The iterator won't traverse through region blocks.
+inline iterator_range<
+    df_iterator<VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<VPBlockBase *>>>
+vp_depth_first_shallow(VPBlockBase *G) {
+  return depth_first(VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<VPBlockBase *>(G));
+}
+inline iterator_range<
+    df_iterator<VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<const VPBlockBase *>>>
+vp_depth_first_shallow(const VPBlockBase *G) {
+  return depth_first(VPBlockShallowTraversalWrapper<const VPBlockBase *>(G));
+}
+
 } // namespace llvm
 
 #endif // LLVM_TRANSFORMS_VECTORIZE_VPLANCFG_H
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanVerifier.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanVerifier.cpp
index 75e53db3c8771c..56a1b563eeeb6b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanVerifier.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanVerifier.cpp
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ static bool hasDuplicates(const SmallVectorImpl<VPBlockBase *> &VPBlockVec) {
 /// \p Region. Checks in this function are generic for VPBlockBases. They are
 /// not specific for VPBasicBlocks or VPRegionBlocks.
 static void verifyBlocksInRegion(const VPRegionBlock *Region) {
-  for (const VPBlockBase *VPB : make_range(
-           df_iterator<const VPBlockBase *>::begin(Region->getEntry()),
-           df_iterator<const VPBlockBase *>::end(Region->getExiting()))) {
+  for (const VPBlockBase *VPB : vp_depth_first_shallow(Region->getEntry())) {
     // Check block's parent.
     assert(VPB->getParent() == Region && "VPBlockBase has wrong parent");