Index: lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
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--- lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
+++ lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
@@ -10566,6 +10566,20 @@
           (LoadVT == MVT::v2f64 || LoadVT == MVT::v2i64 ||
            LoadVT == MVT::v4f32 || LoadVT == MVT::v4i32))
         return expandVSXLoadForLE(N, DCI);
+
+      // When we load a v4i8, the code can degrade rather quickly. Convert
+      // this to an i32 load and bitcast.
+      if (LoadVT == MVT::v4i8) {
+        SDValue ScalarLoad = DAG.getLoad(MVT::i32, dl, LD->getChain(),
+                                         LD->getBasePtr(), LD->getPointerInfo(),
+                                         false, LD->isNonTemporal(),
+                                         LD->isInvariant(), LD->getAlignment(),
+                                         LD->getAAInfo());
+        SDValue BitCast = DAG.getBitcast(MVT::v4i8, ScalarLoad);
+        return DAG.getNode(ISD::MERGE_VALUES, dl,
+                           DAG.getVTList(MVT::v4i8, MVT::Other),
+                           BitCast, ScalarLoad.getValue(1));
+      }
     }
 
     // We sometimes end up with a 64-bit integer load, from which we extract