diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/TooSmallLoopVariableCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/TooSmallLoopVariableCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/TooSmallLoopVariableCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/TooSmallLoopVariableCheck.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
   bool operator<(const MagnitudeBits &Other) const noexcept {
     return WidthWithoutSignBit < Other.WidthWithoutSignBit;
   }
+
+  bool operator!=(const MagnitudeBits &Other) const noexcept {
+    return WidthWithoutSignBit != Other.WidthWithoutSignBit ||
+           BitFieldWidth != Other.BitFieldWidth;
+  }
 };
 
 } // namespace
@@ -184,13 +189,19 @@
   if (LoopVar->getType() != LoopIncrement->getType())
     return;
 
-  const QualType LoopVarType = LoopVar->getType();
-  const QualType UpperBoundType = UpperBound->getType();
-
   ASTContext &Context = *Result.Context;
 
+  const QualType LoopVarType = LoopVar->getType();
   const MagnitudeBits LoopVarMagnitudeBits =
       calcMagnitudeBits(Context, LoopVarType, LoopVar);
+
+  const MagnitudeBits LoopIncrementMagnitudeBits =
+      calcMagnitudeBits(Context, LoopIncrement->getType(), LoopIncrement);
+  // We matched the loop variable incorrectly.
+  if (LoopIncrementMagnitudeBits != LoopVarMagnitudeBits)
+    return;
+
+  const QualType UpperBoundType = UpperBound->getType();
   const MagnitudeBits UpperBoundMagnitudeBits =
       calcUpperBoundMagnitudeBits(Context, UpperBound, UpperBoundType);
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/too-small-loop-variable.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/too-small-loop-variable.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/too-small-loop-variable.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/too-small-loop-variable.cpp
@@ -373,3 +373,20 @@
   }
 }
 
+void goodForLoopWithBitfieldOnUpperBoundOnly() {
+  struct S {
+    int x : 4;
+  } s;
+
+  for (int i = 10; i > s.x; --i) {
+  }
+}
+
+void goodForLoopWithIntegersOnUpperBoundOnly() {
+  struct S {
+    short x;
+  } s;
+
+  for (int i = 10; i > s.x; --i) {
+  }
+}