diff --git a/include/llvm/IR/Instructions.h b/include/llvm/IR/Instructions.h
index 84ae516552d..324a646bc13 100644
--- a/include/llvm/IR/Instructions.h
+++ b/include/llvm/IR/Instructions.h
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ public:
           "Both operands to ICmp instruction are not of the same type!");
     // Check that the operands are the right type
     assert((getOperand(0)->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() ||
-            getOperand(0)->getType()->isPointerTy()) &&
+            getOperand(0)->getType()->getScalarType()->isPointerTy()) &&
            "Invalid operand types for ICmp instruction");
   }