diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.h b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.h
index 6d026796e93b7..71739278cf513 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.h
@@ -1040,7 +1040,9 @@ class MachineBasicBlock
   /// Succ, can be split. If this returns true a subsequent call to
   /// SplitCriticalEdge is guaranteed to return a valid basic block if
   /// no changes occurred in the meantime.
-  LLVM_ABI bool canSplitCriticalEdge(const MachineBasicBlock *Succ) const;
+  LLVM_ABI bool
+  canSplitCriticalEdge(const MachineBasicBlock *Succ,
+                       const MachineLoopInfo *MLI = nullptr) const;
 
   void pop_front() { Insts.pop_front(); }
   void pop_back() { Insts.pop_back(); }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.cpp
index bc1df26db2684..1cb57a4fa4258 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.cpp
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ MachineBasicBlock *MachineBasicBlock::SplitCriticalEdge(
 MachineBasicBlock *MachineBasicBlock::SplitCriticalEdge(
     MachineBasicBlock *Succ, const SplitCriticalEdgeAnalyses &Analyses,
     std::vector<SparseBitVector<>> *LiveInSets, MachineDomTreeUpdater *MDTU) {
-  if (!canSplitCriticalEdge(Succ))
+  if (!canSplitCriticalEdge(Succ, Analyses.MLI))
     return nullptr;
 
   MachineFunction *MF = getParent();
@@ -1408,8 +1408,8 @@ MachineBasicBlock *MachineBasicBlock::SplitCriticalEdge(
   return NMBB;
 }
 
-bool MachineBasicBlock::canSplitCriticalEdge(
-    const MachineBasicBlock *Succ) const {
+bool MachineBasicBlock::canSplitCriticalEdge(const MachineBasicBlock *Succ,
+                                             const MachineLoopInfo *MLI) const {
   // Splitting the critical edge to a landing pad block is non-trivial. Don't do
   // it in this generic function.
   if (Succ->isEHPad())
@@ -1423,8 +1423,17 @@ bool MachineBasicBlock::canSplitCriticalEdge(
   const MachineFunction *MF = getParent();
   // Performance might be harmed on HW that implements branching using exec mask
   // where both sides of the branches are always executed.
-  if (MF->getTarget().requiresStructuredCFG())
+
+  if (MF->getTarget().requiresStructuredCFG()) {
+    // If `Succ` is a loop header, splitting the critical edge will not
+    // break structured CFG.
+    if (MLI) {
+      const MachineLoop *L = MLI->getLoopFor(Succ);
+      return L && L->getHeader() == Succ;
+    }
+
     return false;
+  }
 
   // Do we have an Indirect jump with a jumptable that we can rewrite?
   int JTI = findJumpTableIndex(*this);
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/NVPTX/machinelicm-no-preheader.mir b/llvm/test/CodeGen/NVPTX/machinelicm-no-preheader.mir
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0b2d85600a2ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/NVPTX/machinelicm-no-preheader.mir
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_mir_test_checks.py UTC_ARGS: --version 6
+# RUN: llc -mtriple=nvptx64 -mcpu=sm_20 -run-pass=early-machinelicm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+# This test checks that the early-machineLICM pass successfully creates a new
+# loop preheader by splitting the critical edge and hoisting the loop invariant
+# value `%8` to the preheader.
+# Since the critical edge successor is a loop header, the splitting does not
+# break the structured CFG, which is a requirement for the NVPTX target.
+
+---
+name:            test_hoist
+tracksRegLiveness: true
+registers:
+  - { id: 0, class: b64, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 1, class: b32, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 2, class: b32, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 3, class: b32, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 4, class: b32, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 5, class: b32, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 6, class: b64, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 7, class: b1, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 8, class: b32, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+  - { id: 9, class: b1, preferred-register: '', flags: [  ] }
+body:             |
+  ; CHECK-LABEL: name: test_hoist
+  ; CHECK: bb.0.entry:
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   successors: %bb.2(0x30000000), %bb.3(0x50000000)
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: {{  $}}
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[LD_i32_:%[0-9]+]]:b32 = LD_i32 0, 0, 101, 3, 32, &test_hoist_param_1, 0 :: (dereferenceable invariant load (s32), addrspace 101)
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[LD_i64_:%[0-9]+]]:b64 = LD_i64 0, 0, 101, 3, 64, &test_hoist_param_0, 0 :: (dereferenceable invariant load (s64), addrspace 101)
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[ADD64ri:%[0-9]+]]:b64 = nuw ADD64ri killed [[LD_i64_]], 2
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[LD_i32_1:%[0-9]+]]:b32 = LD_i32 0, 0, 1, 3, 32, [[ADD64ri]], 0
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[SETP_i32ri:%[0-9]+]]:b1 = SETP_i32ri [[LD_i32_]], 0, 0
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   CBranch killed [[SETP_i32ri]], %bb.2
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: {{  $}}
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: bb.3:
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   successors: %bb.1(0x80000000)
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: {{  $}}
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[ADD32ri:%[0-9]+]]:b32 = ADD32ri [[LD_i32_]], -1
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: {{  $}}
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: bb.1:
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   successors: %bb.2(0x04000000), %bb.1(0x7c000000)
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: {{  $}}
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[PHI:%[0-9]+]]:b32 = PHI [[LD_i32_1]], %bb.3, %3, %bb.1
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[SREM32rr:%[0-9]+]]:b32 = SREM32rr [[PHI]], [[ADD32ri]]
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[SETP_i32ri1:%[0-9]+]]:b1 = SETP_i32ri [[SREM32rr]], 0, 1
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   CBranch killed [[SETP_i32ri1]], %bb.1
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   GOTO %bb.2
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: {{  $}}
+  ; CHECK-NEXT: bb.2:
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   [[PHI1:%[0-9]+]]:b32 = PHI [[LD_i32_1]], %bb.0, [[SREM32rr]], %bb.1
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   ST_i32 [[PHI1]], 0, 0, 1, 32, [[ADD64ri]], 0
+  ; CHECK-NEXT:   Return
+  bb.0.entry:
+    successors: %bb.2(0x30000000), %bb.1(0x50000000)
+
+    %5:b32 = LD_i32 0, 0, 101, 3, 32, &test_hoist_param_1, 0 :: (dereferenceable invariant load (s32), addrspace 101)
+    %6:b64 = LD_i64 0, 0, 101, 3, 64, &test_hoist_param_0, 0 :: (dereferenceable invariant load (s64), addrspace 101)
+    %0:b64 = nuw ADD64ri killed %6, 2
+    %1:b32 = LD_i32 0, 0, 1, 3, 32, %0, 0
+    %7:b1 = SETP_i32ri %5, 0, 0
+    CBranch killed %7, %bb.2
+    GOTO %bb.1
+
+
+  bb.1:
+    successors: %bb.2(0x04000000), %bb.1(0x7c000000)
+
+    %2:b32 = PHI %1, %bb.0, %3, %bb.1
+    %8:b32 = ADD32ri %5, -1
+    %3:b32 = SREM32rr %2, %8
+    %9:b1 = SETP_i32ri %3, 0, 1
+    CBranch killed %9, %bb.1
+    GOTO %bb.2
+
+  bb.2:
+    %4:b32 = PHI %1, %bb.0, %3, %bb.1
+    ST_i32 %4, 0, 0, 1, 32, %0, 0
+    Return
+...