diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInstrInfo.td b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInstrInfo.td
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInstrInfo.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInstrInfo.td
@@ -1329,6 +1329,10 @@
 defm : BccPat<SETULT, BLTU>;
 defm : BccPat<SETUGE, BGEU>;
 
+// Try to produce compressed bnez instruction if possible
+def : Pat<(riscv_brcc GPR:$rs1, simm12:$c, SETLT, bb:$imm12),
+            (BNE (SLTI GPR:$rs1, simm12:$c), X0, simm13_lsb0:$imm12)>;
+
 let isBarrier = 1, isBranch = 1, isTerminator = 1 in
 def PseudoBR : Pseudo<(outs), (ins simm21_lsb0_jal:$imm20), [(br bb:$imm20)]>,
                PseudoInstExpansion<(JAL X0, simm21_lsb0_jal:$imm20)>;
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/codemodel-lowering.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/codemodel-lowering.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/codemodel-lowering.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/codemodel-lowering.ll
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 ; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    addi sp, sp, -16
 ; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    lui a1, %hi(.Ltmp0)
 ; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    addi a1, a1, %lo(.Ltmp0)
-; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    li a2, 101
+; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    slti a0, a0, 101
 ; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    sw a1, 8(sp)
-; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    blt a0, a2, .LBB2_3
+; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    bnez a0, .LBB2_3
 ; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:  # %bb.1: # %if.then
 ; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    lw a0, 8(sp)
 ; RV32I-SMALL-NEXT:    jr a0
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
 ; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:  .Lpcrel_hi2:
 ; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    auipc a1, %pcrel_hi(.Ltmp0)
 ; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    addi a1, a1, %pcrel_lo(.Lpcrel_hi2)
-; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    li a2, 101
+; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    slti a0, a0, 101
 ; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    sw a1, 8(sp)
-; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    blt a0, a2, .LBB2_3
+; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    bnez a0, .LBB2_3
 ; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:  # %bb.1: # %if.then
 ; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    lw a0, 8(sp)
 ; RV32I-MEDIUM-NEXT:    jr a0
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/isel-compressed-comp.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/isel-compressed-comp.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/isel-compressed-comp.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=riscv64 -verify-machineinstrs < %s \
+; RUN:   | FileCheck  %s
+
+declare void @foo()
+
+define void @bar(i64 %a) {
+; CHECK: slti
+; CHECK-NEXT: bnez
+  %c = icmp slt i64  255, %a
+  br i1 %c, label %taken, label %return
+taken:
+  call void @foo()
+  br label %return
+return:
+  ret void
+}