diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h
index 4213a287011b..06a8b42caff1 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h
@@ -373,11 +373,7 @@ namespace llvm {
 
     SCEVAddRecExpr(const FoldingSetNodeIDRef ID,
                    const SCEV *const *O, size_t N, const Loop *l)
-      : SCEVNAryExpr(ID, scAddRecExpr, O, N), L(l) {
-      for (size_t i = 0, e = NumOperands; i != e; ++i)
-        assert(Operands[i]->isLoopInvariant(l) &&
-               "Operands of AddRec must be loop-invariant!");
-    }
+      : SCEVNAryExpr(ID, scAddRecExpr, O, N), L(l) {}
 
   public:
     const SCEV *getStart() const { return Operands[0]; }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
index 8ff1f0fa6fd5..deea0004d503 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
@@ -2073,6 +2073,9 @@ ScalarEvolution::getAddRecExpr(SmallVectorImpl<const SCEV *> &Operands,
   for (unsigned i = 1, e = Operands.size(); i != e; ++i)
     assert(getEffectiveSCEVType(Operands[i]->getType()) == ETy &&
            "SCEVAddRecExpr operand types don't match!");
+  for (unsigned i = 0, e = Operands.size(); i != e; ++i)
+    assert(Operands[i]->isLoopInvariant(L) &&
+           "SCEVAddRecExpr operand is not loop-invariant!");
 #endif
 
   if (Operands.back()->isZero()) {