diff --git a/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitstreamReader.cpp b/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitstreamReader.cpp
index 2f34532ae935..dff6d181486a 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitstreamReader.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitstreamReader.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ unsigned BitstreamCursor::readRecord(unsigned AbbrevID,
       unsigned NumElts = ReadVBR(6);
 
       // Get the element encoding.
-      assert(i+2 == e && "array op not second to last?");
+      if (i+2 != e)
+       report_fatal_error("Array op not second to last");
       const BitCodeAbbrevOp &EltEnc = Abbv->getOperandInfo(++i);
       if (EltEnc.getEncoding() == BitCodeAbbrevOp::Array ||
           EltEnc.getEncoding() == BitCodeAbbrevOp::Blob)
diff --git a/llvm/test/Bitcode/Inputs/invalid-array-op-not-2nd-to-last.bc b/llvm/test/Bitcode/Inputs/invalid-array-op-not-2nd-to-last.bc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a4b94f8213df
Binary files /dev/null and b/llvm/test/Bitcode/Inputs/invalid-array-op-not-2nd-to-last.bc differ
diff --git a/llvm/test/Bitcode/invalid.test b/llvm/test/Bitcode/invalid.test
index 6dfab58375e8..41173d17e5df 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Bitcode/invalid.test
+++ b/llvm/test/Bitcode/invalid.test
@@ -105,3 +105,8 @@ RUN: not llvm-dis -disable-output %p/Inputs/invalid-vector-element-type.bc 2>&1
 RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=ELEMENT-TYPE %s
 
 ELEMENT-TYPE: Invalid type
+
+RUN: not llvm-dis -disable-output %p/Inputs/invalid-array-op-not-2nd-to-last.bc 2>&1 | \
+RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=ARRAY-NOT-2LAST %s
+
+ARRAY-NOT-2LAST: Array op not second to last