diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
@@ -9165,7 +9165,6 @@
          !Plan->getEntry()->getEntryBasicBlock()->empty() &&
          "entry block must be set to a VPRegionBlock having a non-empty entry "
          "VPBasicBlock");
-  cast<VPRegionBlock>(Plan->getEntry())->setExit(VPBB);
   RecipeBuilder.fixHeaderPhis();
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -9236,6 +9235,8 @@
     }
   }
 
+  cast<VPRegionBlock>(Plan->getEntry())->setExit(VPBB);
+
   // Now that sink-after is done, move induction recipes for optimized truncates
   // to the phi section of the header block.
   for (VPWidenIntOrFpInductionRecipe *Ind : InductionsToMove)
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanVerifier.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanVerifier.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanVerifier.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanVerifier.cpp
@@ -156,5 +156,31 @@
       RecipeI++;
     }
   }
+
+  const VPRegionBlock *TopRegion = cast<VPRegionBlock>(Plan.getEntry());
+  const VPBasicBlock *Entry = dyn_cast<VPBasicBlock>(TopRegion->getEntry());
+  if (!Entry) {
+    errs() << "VPlan entry block is not a VPBasicBlock\n";
+    return false;
+  }
+  const VPBasicBlock *Exit = dyn_cast<VPBasicBlock>(TopRegion->getExit());
+  if (!Exit) {
+    errs() << "VPlan exit block is not a VPBasicBlock\n";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  for (const VPRegionBlock *Region :
+       VPBlockUtils::blocksOnly<const VPRegionBlock>(
+           depth_first(VPBlockRecursiveTraversalWrapper<const VPBlockBase *>(
+               Plan.getEntry())))) {
+    if (Region->getEntry()->getNumPredecessors() != 0) {
+      errs() << "region entry block has predecessors\n";
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (Region->getExit()->getNumSuccessors() != 0) {
+      errs() << "region exit block has successors\n";
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
   return true;
 }