diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInstrInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInstrInfo.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVInstrInfo.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
       for (const MachineOperand &MO : MBBI->explicit_operands()) {
         if (!MO.isReg() || !MO.isDef())
           continue;
-        if (!FoundDef && TRI->isSubRegisterEq(MO.getReg(), SrcReg)) {
+        if (!FoundDef && TRI->regsOverlap(MO.getReg(), SrcReg)) {
           // We only permit the source of COPY has the same LMUL as the defined
           // operand.
           // There are cases we need to keep the whole register copy if the LMUL
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/rvv/vmv-copy.mir b/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/rvv/vmv-copy.mir
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/rvv/vmv-copy.mir
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/RISCV/rvv/vmv-copy.mir
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
     ; CHECK-NEXT: $v10m2 = PseudoVLE16_V_M2 killed $x11, $noreg, 4 /* e16 */, implicit $vl, implicit $vtype
     ; CHECK-NEXT: $v10 = VMV1R_V $v8
     ; CHECK-NEXT: $v11 = VMV1R_V $v9
-    ; CHECK-NEXT: $v12m2 = PseudoVMV_V_V_M2 $v10m2, $noreg, 4 /* e16 */, implicit $vl, implicit $vtype
+    ; CHECK-NEXT: $v12m2 = VMV2R_V $v10m2
     $x0 = PseudoVSETVLI $x10, 201, implicit-def $vl, implicit-def $vtype
     $v10m2 = PseudoVLE16_V_M2 killed $x11, $noreg, 4, implicit $vl, implicit $vtype
     $v10 = COPY $v8