diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
index 52670dad777e..d8720c37305b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ bool ModuleSanitizerCoverage::instrumentModule(
   Constant *SanCovLowestStackConstant =
       M.getOrInsertGlobal(SanCovLowestStackName, IntptrTy);
   SanCovLowestStack = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(SanCovLowestStackConstant);
-  if (!SanCovLowestStack) {
+  if (!SanCovLowestStack || SanCovLowestStack->getValueType() != IntptrTy) {
     C->emitError(StringRef("'") + SanCovLowestStackName +
                  "' should not be declared by the user");
     return true;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/stack-depth-variable-declared-by-user.ll b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/stack-depth-variable-declared-by-user.ll
index f44c3e0c458f..e3d225fd1db6 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/stack-depth-variable-declared-by-user.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/stack-depth-variable-declared-by-user.ll
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 ; RUN:         -sanitizer-coverage-stack-depth -S 2>&1 -enable-new-pm=0 | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: not opt < %s -passes='module(sancov-module)' -sanitizer-coverage-level=1 \
 ; RUN:         -sanitizer-coverage-stack-depth -S 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: not opt < %s -passes='module(sancov-module)' -sanitizer-coverage-level=1 \
+; RUN:         -sanitizer-coverage-stack-depth -force-opaque-pointers -S 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
 target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
 target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"