diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.h b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.h
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.h
@@ -171,9 +171,6 @@
 
   bool isLegalToVectorizeReduction(const RecurrenceDescriptor &RdxDesc,
                                    ElementCount VF) const {
-    if (!ST->hasVInstructions())
-      return false;
-
     if (!VF.isScalable())
       return true;