diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetMachine.cpp b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetMachine.cpp
index 2449abf2ca0..ff2263891f7 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ bool PPCPassConfig::addInstSelector() {
     addPass(createPPCCTRLoopsVerify());
 #endif
 
-  addPass(createPPCVSXCopyPass());
+  if (getPPCSubtarget().hasVSX())
+    addPass(createPPCVSXCopyPass());
 
   return false;
 }