diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64SVEInstrInfo.td b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64SVEInstrInfo.td
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64SVEInstrInfo.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64SVEInstrInfo.td
@@ -3840,6 +3840,25 @@
 defm WHILEHI_CXX  : sve2p1_int_while_rr_pn<"whilehi", 0b101>;
 defm WHILELO_CXX  : sve2p1_int_while_rr_pn<"whilelo", 0b110>;
 defm WHILELS_CXX  : sve2p1_int_while_rr_pn<"whilels", 0b111>;
+
+
+// Aliases for existing SVE instructions for which predicate-as-counter are
+// accepted as an operand to the instruction
+def : InstAlias<"ldr $Pt, [$Rn, $imm9, mul vl]",
+               (LDR_PXI PNRAny:$Pt, GPR64sp:$Rn, simm9:$imm9), 0>;
+def : InstAlias<"ldr $Pt, [$Rn]",
+               (LDR_PXI PNRAny:$Pt, GPR64sp:$Rn, 0), 0>;
+
+def : InstAlias<"str $Pt, [$Rn, $imm9, mul vl]",
+               (STR_PXI PNRAny:$Pt, GPR64sp:$Rn, simm9:$imm9), 0>;
+def : InstAlias<"str $Pt, [$Rn]",
+               (STR_PXI PNRAny:$Pt, GPR64sp:$Rn, 0), 0>;
+
+def : InstAlias<"mov $Pd, $Pn",
+               (ORR_PPzPP PNR8:$Pd, PNR8:$Pn, PNR8:$Pn, PNR8:$Pn), 0>;
+
+def : InstAlias<"pfalse\t$Pd", (PFALSE PNR8:$Pd), 0>;
+
 } // End HasSVE2p1_or_HasSME2
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/SVEInstrFormats.td b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/SVEInstrFormats.td
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/SVEInstrFormats.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/SVEInstrFormats.td
@@ -722,8 +722,6 @@
 multiclass sve_int_pfalse<bits<6> opc, string asm> {
   def NAME : sve_int_pfalse<opc, asm>;
 
-  def : InstAlias<"pfalse\t$Pd", (!cast<Instruction>(NAME) PNR8:$Pd), 0>;
-
   def : Pat<(nxv16i1 immAllZerosV), (!cast<Instruction>(NAME))>;
   def : Pat<(nxv8i1 immAllZerosV), (!cast<Instruction>(NAME))>;
   def : Pat<(nxv4i1 immAllZerosV), (!cast<Instruction>(NAME))>;
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/SVE/pfalse.s b/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/SVE/pfalse.s
--- a/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/SVE/pfalse.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/SVE/pfalse.s
@@ -14,9 +14,3 @@
 // CHECK-ENCODING: [0x0f,0xe4,0x18,0x25]
 // CHECK-ERROR: instruction requires: sve or sme
 // CHECK-UNKNOWN: 2518e40f <unknown>
-
-pfalse pn15.b
-// CHECK-INST: pfalse  p15.b
-// CHECK-ENCODING: [0x0f,0xe4,0x18,0x25]
-// CHECK-ERROR: instruction requires: sve or sme
-// CHECK-UNKNOWN: 2518e40f <unknown>
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/SVE/predicate-as-counter-aliases.s b/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/SVE/predicate-as-counter-aliases.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/SVE/predicate-as-counter-aliases.s
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// RUN: llvm-mc -triple=aarch64 -show-encoding -mattr=+sve2p1 < %s \
+// RUN:        | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-ENCODING,CHECK-INST
+// RUN: llvm-mc -triple=aarch64 -show-encoding -mattr=+sme2 < %s \
+// RUN:        | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-ENCODING,CHECK-INST
+// RUN: not llvm-mc -triple=aarch64 -show-encoding < %s 2>&1 \
+// RUN:        | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-ERROR
+// RUN: llvm-mc -triple=aarch64 -filetype=obj -mattr=+sve2p1 < %s \
+// RUN:        | llvm-objdump --no-print-imm-hex -d --mattr=+sve2p1 - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-INST
+// RUN: llvm-mc -triple=aarch64 -filetype=obj -mattr=+sve2p1 < %s \
+// RUN:   | llvm-objdump --no-print-imm-hex -d --mattr=-sve - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-UNKNOWN
+
+
+ldr     pn0, [x0]
+// CHECK-INST: ldr     p0, [x0]
+// CHECK-ENCODING: [0x00,0x00,0x80,0x85]
+// CHECK-ERROR: instruction requires: sme2 or sve2p1
+// CHECK-UNKNOWN: 85800000 <unknown>
+
+ldr     pn5, [x10, #255, mul vl]
+// CHECK-INST: ldr     p5, [x10, #255, mul vl]
+// CHECK-ENCODING: [0x45,0x1d,0x9f,0x85]
+// CHECK-ERROR: instruction requires: sme2 or sve2p1
+// CHECK-UNKNOWN: 859f1d45 <unknown>
+
+
+str     pn0, [x0]
+// CHECK-INST: str     p0, [x0]
+// CHECK-ENCODING: [0x00,0x00,0x80,0xe5]
+// CHECK-ERROR: instruction requires: sme2 or sve2p1
+// CHECK-UNKNOWN: e5800000 <unknown>
+
+str     pn5, [x10, #255, mul vl]
+// CHECK-INST: str     p5, [x10, #255, mul vl]
+// CHECK-ENCODING: [0x45,0x1d,0x9f,0xe5]
+// CHECK-ERROR: instruction requires: sme2 or sve2p1
+// CHECK-UNKNOWN: e59f1d45 <unknown>
+
+
+mov     pn0.b, pn0.b
+// CHECK-INST: mov     p0.b, p0.b
+// CHECK-ENCODING: [0x00,0x40,0x80,0x25]
+// CHECK-ERROR: instruction requires: sme2 or sve2p1
+// CHECK-UNKNOWN: 25804000 <unknown>
+
+
+pfalse pn15.b
+// CHECK-INST: pfalse  p15.b
+// CHECK-ENCODING: [0x0f,0xe4,0x18,0x25]
+// CHECK-ERROR: instruction requires: sme2 or sve2p1
+// CHECK-UNKNOWN: 2518e40f <unknown>