diff --git a/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp b/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
index 143bb3dad9e..a26c444c6cc 100644
--- a/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
+++ b/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
@@ -3123,6 +3123,13 @@ std::error_code BitcodeReader::ParseFunctionBody(Function *F) {
       if (getValueTypePair(Record, OpNum, NextValueNo, BasePtr))
         return Error("Invalid record");
 
+      if (Ty &&
+          Ty !=
+              cast<SequentialType>(BasePtr->getType()->getScalarType())
+                  ->getElementType())
+        return Error(
+            "Explicit gep type does not match pointee type of pointer operand");
+
       SmallVector<Value*, 16> GEPIdx;
       while (OpNum != Record.size()) {
         Value *Op;
@@ -3132,8 +3139,7 @@ std::error_code BitcodeReader::ParseFunctionBody(Function *F) {
       }
 
       I = GetElementPtrInst::Create(Ty, BasePtr, GEPIdx);
-      if (Ty && Ty != cast<GetElementPtrInst>(I)->getSourceElementType())
-        return Error("Invalid record");
+
       InstructionList.push_back(I);
       if (InBounds)
         cast<GetElementPtrInst>(I)->setIsInBounds(true);
diff --git a/test/Bitcode/Inputs/invalid-gep-mismatched-explicit-type.bc b/test/Bitcode/Inputs/invalid-gep-mismatched-explicit-type.bc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d828e8c329
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/Bitcode/Inputs/invalid-gep-mismatched-explicit-type.bc differ
diff --git a/test/Bitcode/invalid.test b/test/Bitcode/invalid.test
index fb818884eed..7eb28aa6fba 100644
--- a/test/Bitcode/invalid.test
+++ b/test/Bitcode/invalid.test
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ RUN: not llvm-dis -disable-output %p/Inputs/invalid-bitwidth.bc 2>&1 | \
 RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=BAD-BITWIDTH %s
 RUN: not llvm-dis -disable-output %p/Inputs/invalid-align.bc  2>&1 | \
 RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=BAD-ALIGN %s
+RUN: not llvm-dis -disable-output %p/Inputs/invalid-gep-mismatched-explicit-type.bc 2>&1 | \
+RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=MISMATCHED-EXPLICIT-GEP %s
 
 INVALID-ENCODING: Invalid encoding
 BAD-ABBREV: Abbreviation starts with an Array or a Blob
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ BAD-ABBREV-NUMBER: Invalid abbrev number
 BAD-TYPE-TABLE-FORWARD-REF: Invalid TYPE table: Only named structs can be forward referenced
 BAD-BITWIDTH: Bitwidth for integer type out of range
 BAD-ALIGN: Invalid alignment value
+MISMATCHED-EXPLICIT-GEP: Explicit gep type does not match pointee type of pointer operand
 
 RUN: not llvm-dis -disable-output %p/Inputs/invalid-extractval-array-idx.bc 2>&1 | \
 RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=EXTRACT-ARRAY %s