Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIMachineFunctionInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIMachineFunctionInfo.cpp
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIMachineFunctionInfo.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@
 
   if (!LaneVGPRs.count(LaneVGPRIdx)) {
     unsigned LaneVGPR = TRI->findUnusedRegister(MRI, &AMDGPU::VGPR_32RegClass);
+
+    if (LaneVGPR == AMDGPU::NoRegister) {
+      LLVMContext &Ctx = MF->getFunction()->getContext();
+      Ctx.emitError("Ran out of VGPRs for spilling SGPR");
+
+      // When compiling from inside Mesa, the compilation continues.
+      // Select an arbitrary register to avoid triggering assertions
+      // during subsequent passes.
+      LaneVGPR = AMDGPU::VGPR0;
+    }
+
     LaneVGPRs[LaneVGPRIdx] = LaneVGPR;
 
     // Add this register as live-in to all blocks to avoid machine verifer
Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIRegisterInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIRegisterInfo.cpp
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIRegisterInfo.cpp
@@ -282,11 +282,6 @@
         struct SIMachineFunctionInfo::SpilledReg Spill =
             MFI->getSpilledReg(MF, Index, i);
 
-        if (Spill.VGPR == AMDGPU::NoRegister) {
-           LLVMContext &Ctx = MF->getFunction()->getContext();
-           Ctx.emitError("Ran out of VGPRs for spilling SGPR");
-        }
-
         BuildMI(*MBB, MI, DL,
                 TII->getMCOpcodeFromPseudo(AMDGPU::V_WRITELANE_B32),
                 Spill.VGPR)
@@ -315,11 +310,6 @@
         struct SIMachineFunctionInfo::SpilledReg Spill =
             MFI->getSpilledReg(MF, Index, i);
 
-        if (Spill.VGPR == AMDGPU::NoRegister) {
-           LLVMContext &Ctx = MF->getFunction()->getContext();
-           Ctx.emitError("Ran out of VGPRs for spilling SGPR");
-        }
-
         BuildMI(*MBB, MI, DL,
                 TII->getMCOpcodeFromPseudo(AMDGPU::V_READLANE_B32),
                 SubReg)