diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/SLPVectorizer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/SLPVectorizer.cpp
index b0b8f8249d657..6e42654212967 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/SLPVectorizer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/SLPVectorizer.cpp
@@ -20080,6 +20080,7 @@ class HorizontalReduction {
         NumRegs =
             TTI.getNumberOfRegisters(TTI.getRegisterClassForType(true, Tp));
         while (NumParts > NumRegs) {
+          assert(ReduxWidth > 0 && "ReduxWidth is unexpectedly 0.");
           ReduxWidth = bit_floor(ReduxWidth - 1);
           VectorType *Tp = getWidenedType(ScalarTy, ReduxWidth);
           NumParts = TTI.getNumberOfParts(Tp);