diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.h
index cf24d9c..b5a964d 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.h
@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@
   /// Set of potential dependent memory accesses.
   typedef EquivalenceClasses<MemAccessInfo> DepCandidates;
 
+  /// Type to keep track of the status of the dependence check. The order of
+  /// the elements is important and has to be from most permissive to least
+  /// permissive.
+  enum class VectorizationSafetyStatus {
+    // Can vectorize safely without RT checks. All dependences are known to be
+    // safe.
+    Safe,
+    // Cannot vectorize due to unsafe or unknown dependencies.
+    Unsafe,
+  };
+
   /// Dependece between memory access instructions.
   struct Dependence {
     /// The type of the dependence.
@@ -146,7 +157,7 @@
     Instruction *getDestination(const LoopAccessInfo &LAI) const;
 
     /// Dependence types that don't prevent vectorization.
-    static bool isSafeForVectorization(DepType Type);
+    static VectorizationSafetyStatus isSafeForVectorization(DepType Type);
 
     /// Lexically forward dependence.
     bool isForward() const;
@@ -164,8 +175,8 @@
 
   MemoryDepChecker(PredicatedScalarEvolution &PSE, const Loop *L)
       : PSE(PSE), InnermostLoop(L), AccessIdx(0), MaxSafeRegisterWidth(-1U),
-        ShouldRetryWithRuntimeCheck(false), SafeForVectorization(true),
-        RecordDependences(true) {}
+        ShouldRetryWithRuntimeCheck(false),
+        Status(VectorizationSafetyStatus::Safe), RecordDependences(true) {}
 
   /// Register the location (instructions are given increasing numbers)
   /// of a write access.
@@ -193,7 +204,9 @@
 
   /// No memory dependence was encountered that would inhibit
   /// vectorization.
-  bool isSafeForVectorization() const { return SafeForVectorization; }
+  bool isSafeForVectorization() const {
+    return Status == VectorizationSafetyStatus::Safe;
+  }
 
   /// The maximum number of bytes of a vector register we can vectorize
   /// the accesses safely with.
@@ -269,9 +282,9 @@
   /// vectorize this loop with runtime checks.
   bool ShouldRetryWithRuntimeCheck;
 
-  /// No memory dependence was encountered that would inhibit
-  /// vectorization.
-  bool SafeForVectorization;
+  /// Result of the dependence checks, indicating whether the checked
+  /// dependences are safe for vectorization or not.
+  VectorizationSafetyStatus Status;
 
   //// True if Dependences reflects the dependences in the
   //// loop.  If false we exceeded MaxDependences and
@@ -304,6 +317,10 @@
   /// \return false if we shouldn't vectorize at all or avoid larger
   /// vectorization factors by limiting MaxSafeDepDistBytes.
   bool couldPreventStoreLoadForward(uint64_t Distance, uint64_t TypeByteSize);
+
+  /// Updates the current safety status with \p S. We can go from Safe to
+  /// to Unsafe.
+  void mergeInStatus(VectorizationSafetyStatus S);
 };
 
 /// Holds information about the memory runtime legality checks to verify
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.cpp
index bc01f04..245f318 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.cpp
@@ -1221,18 +1221,19 @@
   return X == PtrSCEVB;
 }
 
-bool MemoryDepChecker::Dependence::isSafeForVectorization(DepType Type) {
+MemoryDepChecker::VectorizationSafetyStatus
+MemoryDepChecker::Dependence::isSafeForVectorization(DepType Type) {
   switch (Type) {
   case NoDep:
   case Forward:
   case BackwardVectorizable:
-    return true;
+    return VectorizationSafetyStatus::Safe;
 
   case Unknown:
   case ForwardButPreventsForwarding:
   case Backward:
   case BackwardVectorizableButPreventsForwarding:
-    return false;
+    return VectorizationSafetyStatus::Unsafe;
   }
   llvm_unreachable("unexpected DepType!");
 }
@@ -1317,6 +1318,11 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+void MemoryDepChecker::mergeInStatus(VectorizationSafetyStatus S) {
+  if (Status < S)
+    Status = S;
+}
+
 /// Given a non-constant (unknown) dependence-distance \p Dist between two
 /// memory accesses, that have the same stride whose absolute value is given
 /// in \p Stride, and that have the same type size \p TypeByteSize,
@@ -1652,7 +1658,7 @@
 
             Dependence::DepType Type =
                 isDependent(*A.first, A.second, *B.first, B.second, Strides);
-            SafeForVectorization &= Dependence::isSafeForVectorization(Type);
+            mergeInStatus(Dependence::isSafeForVectorization(Type));
 
             // Gather dependences unless we accumulated MaxDependences
             // dependences.  In that case return as soon as we find the first
@@ -1669,7 +1675,7 @@
                            << "Too many dependences, stopped recording\n");
               }
             }
-            if (!RecordDependences && !SafeForVectorization)
+            if (!RecordDependences && !isSafeForVectorization())
               return false;
           }
         ++OI;
@@ -1679,7 +1685,7 @@
   }
 
   LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Total Dependences: " << Dependences.size() << "\n");
-  return SafeForVectorization;
+  return isSafeForVectorization();
 }
 
 SmallVector<Instruction *, 4>
diff --git a/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/runtime-check.ll b/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/runtime-check.ll
index 88489fa..19bfa50 100644
--- a/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/runtime-check.ll
+++ b/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/runtime-check.ll
@@ -117,6 +117,46 @@
   ret void
 }
 
+; Check we do generate unnecessary runtime checks. They will always fail.
+
+; void test_runtime_check2(float *a, float b, unsigned offset, unsigned offset2, unsigned n, float *c) {
+;   for (unsigned i = 1; i < n; i++) {
+;     a[i+o1] += a[i+o2] + b;
+;     c[i] = c[i-1] + b;
+;   }
+; }
+;
+; CHECK-LABEL: test_runtime_check2
+; CHECK:      <4 x float>
+define void @test_runtime_check2(float* %a, float %b, i64 %offset, i64 %offset2, i64 %n, float* %c) {
+entry:
+  br label %for.body
+
+for.body:
+  %iv = phi i64 [ 0, %entry ], [ %iv.next, %for.body ]
+  %ind.sum = add i64 %iv, %offset
+  %arr.idx = getelementptr inbounds float, float* %a, i64 %ind.sum
+  %l1 = load float, float* %arr.idx, align 4
+  %ind.sum2 = add i64 %iv, %offset2
+  %arr.idx2 = getelementptr inbounds float, float* %a, i64 %ind.sum2
+  %l2 = load float, float* %arr.idx2, align 4
+  %m = fmul fast float %b, %l2
+  %ad = fadd fast float %l1, %m
+  store float %ad, float* %arr.idx, align 4
+  %c.ind = add i64 %iv, -1
+  %c.idx = getelementptr inbounds float, float* %c, i64 %c.ind
+  %lc = load float, float* %c.idx, align 4
+  %vc = fadd float %lc, 1.0
+  %c.idx2 = getelementptr inbounds float, float* %c, i64 %iv
+  store float %vc, float* %c.idx2
+  %iv.next = add nuw nsw i64 %iv, 1
+  %exitcond = icmp eq i64 %iv.next, %n
+  br i1 %exitcond, label %loopexit, label %for.body
+
+loopexit:
+  ret void
+}
+
 ; CHECK: !9 = !DILocation(line: 101, column: 1, scope: !{{.*}})
 
 !llvm.module.flags = !{!0, !1}