diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
index 31c8ffcb7fd9a2..1ef5e059644d2e 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
@@ -6961,6 +6961,7 @@ VPWidenRecipe *VPRecipeBuilder::tryToWiden(Instruction *I, VFRange &Range) {
   if (IsPredicated)
     return nullptr;
 
+  assert(!isa<PHINode>(I) && "PHIs should have been handled earlier");
   auto IsVectorizableOpcode = [](unsigned Opcode) {
     switch (Opcode) {
     case Instruction::Add:
@@ -6981,11 +6982,9 @@ VPWidenRecipe *VPRecipeBuilder::tryToWiden(Instruction *I, VFRange &Range) {
     case Instruction::FSub:
     case Instruction::ICmp:
     case Instruction::IntToPtr:
-    case Instruction::Load:
     case Instruction::LShr:
     case Instruction::Mul:
     case Instruction::Or:
-    case Instruction::PHI:
     case Instruction::PtrToInt:
     case Instruction::SDiv:
     case Instruction::Select:
@@ -6993,7 +6992,6 @@ VPWidenRecipe *VPRecipeBuilder::tryToWiden(Instruction *I, VFRange &Range) {
     case Instruction::Shl:
     case Instruction::SIToFP:
     case Instruction::SRem:
-    case Instruction::Store:
     case Instruction::Sub:
     case Instruction::Trunc:
     case Instruction::UDiv:
@@ -7010,16 +7008,8 @@ VPWidenRecipe *VPRecipeBuilder::tryToWiden(Instruction *I, VFRange &Range) {
     return nullptr;
 
   auto willWiden = [&](unsigned VF) -> bool {
-    if (!isa<PHINode>(I) && (CM.isScalarAfterVectorization(I, VF) ||
-                             CM.isProfitableToScalarize(I, VF)))
-      return false;
-    if (isa<LoadInst>(I) || isa<StoreInst>(I)) {
-      assert(CM.getWideningDecision(I, VF) ==
-                 LoopVectorizationCostModel::CM_Scalarize &&
-             "Memory widening decisions should have been taken care by now");
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
+    return !CM.isScalarAfterVectorization(I, VF) &&
+           !CM.isProfitableToScalarize(I, VF);
   };
 
   if (!LoopVectorizationPlanner::getDecisionAndClampRange(willWiden, Range))