diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/VectorUtils.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/VectorUtils.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/VectorUtils.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/VectorUtils.cpp
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@
       if (Elt->isNullValue())
         return findScalarElement(Val, EltNo);
 
+  // If the vector is a splat then we can trivially find the scalar element.
+  if (isa<ScalableVectorType>(VTy))
+    if (Value *Splat = getSplatValue(V))
+      if (EltNo < VTy->getElementCount().getKnownMinValue())
+        return Splat;
+
   // Otherwise, we don't know.
   return nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/vscale_extractelement.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/vscale_extractelement.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/vscale_extractelement.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/vscale_extractelement.ll
@@ -271,6 +271,20 @@
   ret i1 %res
 }
 
+define i64* @ext_lane_from_bitcast_of_splat(i32* %v) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @ext_lane_from_bitcast_of_splat(
+; CHECK-NEXT:  entry:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = bitcast i32* [[V:%.*]] to i64*
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i64* [[R]]
+;
+entry:
+  %in = insertelement <vscale x 4 x i32*> poison, i32* %v, i32 0
+  %splat = shufflevector <vscale x 4 x i32*> %in, <vscale x 4 x i32*> poison, <vscale x 4 x i32> zeroinitializer
+  %bc = bitcast <vscale x 4 x i32*> %splat to <vscale x 4 x i64*>
+  %r = extractelement <vscale x 4 x i64*> %bc, i32 3
+  ret i64* %r
+}
+
 declare <vscale x 2 x i64> @llvm.experimental.stepvector.nxv2i64()
 declare <vscale x 4 x i64> @llvm.experimental.stepvector.nxv4i64()
 declare <vscale x 4 x i32> @llvm.experimental.stepvector.nxv4i32()