diff --git a/include/llvm/Instructions.h b/include/llvm/Instructions.h
index 40dbbaabe69..e3fd2161c82 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Instructions.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Instructions.h
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public:
   static unsigned getPointerOperandIndex() { return 0U; }
 
   unsigned getPointerAddressSpace() const {
-    return cast<PointerType>(getPointerOperand()->getType())->getAddressSpace();
+    return getPointerOperand()->getType()->getPointerAddressSpace();
   }
 
 
@@ -348,16 +348,7 @@ public:
   static unsigned getPointerOperandIndex() { return 1U; }
 
   unsigned getPointerAddressSpace() const {
-    if (getPointerOperand()->getType()->isPointerTy())
-      return cast<PointerType>(getPointerOperand()->getType())
-        ->getAddressSpace();
-    if (getPointerOperand()->getType()->isVectorTy()
-        && cast<VectorType>(getPointerOperand()->getType())->isPointerTy())
-      return cast<PointerType>(cast<VectorType>(
-            getPointerOperand()->getType())->getElementType())
-        ->getAddressSpace();
-    llvm_unreachable("Only a vector of pointers or pointers can be used!");
-    return 0;
+    return getPointerOperand()->getType()->getPointerAddressSpace();
   }
 
   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
@@ -527,7 +518,7 @@ public:
   const Value *getNewValOperand() const { return getOperand(2); }
   
   unsigned getPointerAddressSpace() const {
-    return cast<PointerType>(getPointerOperand()->getType())->getAddressSpace();
+    return getPointerOperand()->getType()->getPointerAddressSpace();
   }
   
   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
@@ -670,7 +661,7 @@ public:
   const Value *getValOperand() const { return getOperand(1); }
 
   unsigned getPointerAddressSpace() const {
-    return cast<PointerType>(getPointerOperand()->getType())->getAddressSpace();
+    return getPointerOperand()->getType()->getPointerAddressSpace();
   }
 
   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
@@ -801,7 +792,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   unsigned getPointerAddressSpace() const {
-    return cast<PointerType>(getPointerOperandType())->getAddressSpace();
+    return getPointerOperand()->getType()->getPointerAddressSpace();
   }
 
   /// getPointerOperandType - Method to return the pointer operand as a
@@ -3616,15 +3607,7 @@ public:
 
   /// @brief return the address space of the pointer.
   unsigned getAddressSpace() const {
-    if (getType()->isPointerTy()) 
-      return cast<PointerType>(getType())->getAddressSpace();
-    if (getType()->isVectorTy() &&
-        cast<VectorType>(getType())->getElementType()->isPointerTy())
-      return cast<PointerType>(
-          cast<VectorType>(getType())->getElementType())
-        ->getAddressSpace();
-    llvm_unreachable("Must be a pointer or a vector of pointers.");
-    return 0;
+    return getType()->getPointerAddressSpace();
   }
 
   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
@@ -3665,16 +3648,7 @@ public:
 
   /// @brief return the address space of the pointer.
   unsigned getPointerAddressSpace() const {
-    Type *Ty = getOperand(0)->getType();
-    if (Ty->isPointerTy())
-      return cast<PointerType>(Ty)->getAddressSpace();
-    if (Ty->isVectorTy()
-        && cast<VectorType>(Ty)->getElementType()->isPointerTy())
-      return cast<PointerType>(
-          cast<VectorType>(Ty)->getElementType())
-        ->getAddressSpace();
-    llvm_unreachable("Must be a pointer or a vector of pointers.");
-    return 0;
+    return getOperand(0)->getType()->getPointerAddressSpace();
   }
 
   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
diff --git a/include/llvm/Type.h b/include/llvm/Type.h
index 10e14dd8dea..def45750dd7 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Type.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Type.h
@@ -346,8 +346,10 @@ public:
   unsigned getVectorNumElements() const;
   Type *getVectorElementType() const { return getSequentialElementType(); }
 
-  unsigned getPointerAddressSpace() const;
   Type *getPointerElementType() const { return getSequentialElementType(); }
+
+  /// \brief Get the address space of this pointer or pointer vector type.
+  unsigned getPointerAddressSpace() const;
   
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
   // Static members exported by the Type class itself.  Useful for getting
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
index 1bbd2c6cf0b..1656ab2cab3 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ unsigned Type::getVectorNumElements() const {
 }
 
 unsigned Type::getPointerAddressSpace() const {
-  return cast<PointerType>(this)->getAddressSpace();
+  return cast<PointerType>(getScalarType())->getAddressSpace();
 }