diff --git a/llvm/lib/AsmParser/LLParser.cpp b/llvm/lib/AsmParser/LLParser.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/AsmParser/LLParser.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/AsmParser/LLParser.cpp
@@ -7664,7 +7664,8 @@
     return tokError("atomicrmw cannot be unordered");
   if (!Ptr->getType()->isPointerTy())
     return error(PtrLoc, "atomicrmw operand must be a pointer");
-  if (cast<PointerType>(Ptr->getType())->getElementType() != Val->getType())
+  if (!cast<PointerType>(Ptr->getType())
+           ->isOpaqueOrPointeeTypeMatches(Val->getType()))
     return error(ValLoc, "atomicrmw value and pointer type do not match");
 
   if (Operation == AtomicRMWInst::Xchg) {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp b/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
@@ -5230,15 +5230,18 @@
       unsigned OpNum = 0;
 
       Value *Ptr = nullptr;
-      if (getValueTypePair(Record, OpNum, NextValueNo, Ptr, &FullTy))
+      if (getValueTypePair(Record, OpNum, NextValueNo, Ptr))
         return error("Invalid record");
 
       if (!isa<PointerType>(Ptr->getType()))
         return error("Invalid record");
 
       Value *Val = nullptr;
-      if (popValue(Record, OpNum, NextValueNo,
-                   getPointerElementFlatType(FullTy), Val))
+      if (popValue(Record, OpNum, NextValueNo, nullptr, Val))
+        return error("Invalid record");
+
+      if (!cast<PointerType>(Ptr->getType())
+               ->isOpaqueOrPointeeTypeMatches(Val->getType()))
         return error("Invalid record");
 
       if (!(NumRecords == (OpNum + 4) || NumRecords == (OpNum + 5)))
@@ -5271,7 +5274,6 @@
             Align(TheModule->getDataLayout().getTypeStoreSize(Val->getType()));
 
       I = new AtomicRMWInst(Operation, Ptr, Val, *Alignment, Ordering, SSID);
-      FullTy = getPointerElementFlatType(FullTy);
       cast<AtomicRMWInst>(I)->setVolatile(IsVol);
 
       InstructionList.push_back(I);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Instructions.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Instructions.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Instructions.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Instructions.cpp
@@ -1607,9 +1607,9 @@
          "All operands must be non-null!");
   assert(getOperand(0)->getType()->isPointerTy() &&
          "Ptr must have pointer type!");
-  assert(getOperand(1)->getType() ==
-         cast<PointerType>(getOperand(0)->getType())->getElementType()
-         && "Ptr must be a pointer to Val type!");
+  assert(cast<PointerType>(getOperand(0)->getType())
+             ->isOpaqueOrPointeeTypeMatches(getOperand(1)->getType()) &&
+         "Ptr must be a pointer to Val type!");
   assert(Ordering != AtomicOrdering::NotAtomic &&
          "AtomicRMW instructions must be atomic!");
 }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
@@ -3867,7 +3867,7 @@
   auto Op = RMWI.getOperation();
   PointerType *PTy = dyn_cast<PointerType>(RMWI.getOperand(0)->getType());
   Assert(PTy, "First atomicrmw operand must be a pointer.", &RMWI);
-  Type *ElTy = PTy->getElementType();
+  Type *ElTy = RMWI.getOperand(1)->getType();
   if (Op == AtomicRMWInst::Xchg) {
     Assert(ElTy->isIntegerTy() || ElTy->isFloatingPointTy(), "atomicrmw " +
            AtomicRMWInst::getOperationName(Op) +
@@ -3885,7 +3885,7 @@
            &RMWI, ElTy);
   }
   checkAtomicMemAccessSize(ElTy, &RMWI);
-  Assert(ElTy == RMWI.getOperand(1)->getType(),
+  Assert(PTy->isOpaqueOrPointeeTypeMatches(ElTy),
          "Argument value type does not match pointer operand type!", &RMWI,
          ElTy);
   Assert(AtomicRMWInst::FIRST_BINOP <= Op && Op <= AtomicRMWInst::LAST_BINOP,
diff --git a/llvm/test/Assembler/opaque-ptr.ll b/llvm/test/Assembler/opaque-ptr.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Assembler/opaque-ptr.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Assembler/opaque-ptr.ll
@@ -40,3 +40,11 @@
     store i32 %i, ptr %a
     ret void
 }
+
+; CHECK: define void @atomicrmw(ptr %a, i32 %i)
+; CHECK:     %b = atomicrmw add ptr %a, i32 %i acquire
+; CHECK:     ret void
+define void @atomicrmw(ptr %a, i32 %i) {
+    %b = atomicrmw add ptr %a, i32 %i acquire
+    ret void
+}
diff --git a/llvm/test/Verifier/opaque-ptr.ll b/llvm/test/Verifier/opaque-ptr.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Verifier/opaque-ptr.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Verifier/opaque-ptr.ll
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@
     store i32 %i, ptr %a
     ret void
 }
+
+; CHECK: @atomicrmw
+define void @atomicrmw(ptr %a, i32 %i) {
+    %b = atomicrmw add ptr %a, i32 %i acquire
+    ret void
+}