Index: include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/Cloning.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/Cloning.h
+++ include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/Cloning.h
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@
 ///
 /// Updates LoopInfo and DominatorTree assuming the loop is dominated by block
 /// \p LoopDomBB.  Insert the new blocks before block specified in \p Before.
-Loop *cloneLoopWithPreheader(BasicBlock *Before, BasicBlock *LoopDomBB,
+/// \p OrigLoop should not have sub-loops.
+Loop *cloneInnermostLoopWithPreheader(BasicBlock *Before, BasicBlock *LoopDomBB,
                              Loop *OrigLoop, ValueToValueMapTy &VMap,
                              const Twine &NameSuffix, LoopInfo *LI,
                              DominatorTree *DT,
Index: lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopDistribute.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopDistribute.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopDistribute.cpp
@@ -122,10 +122,12 @@
   ///
   /// Updates LoopInfo and DominatorTree using the information that block \p
   /// LoopDomBB dominates the loop.
-  Loop *cloneLoopWithPreheader(BasicBlock *InsertBefore, BasicBlock *LoopDomBB,
+  Loop *cloneInnermostLoopWithPreheader(BasicBlock *InsertBefore,
+                               BasicBlock *LoopDomBB,
                                unsigned Index, LoopInfo *LI,
                                DominatorTree *DT) {
-    ClonedLoop = ::cloneLoopWithPreheader(InsertBefore, LoopDomBB, OrigLoop,
+    ClonedLoop = ::cloneInnermostLoopWithPreheader(InsertBefore, LoopDomBB, 
+                                          OrigLoop,
                                           VMap, Twine(".ldist") + Twine(Index),
                                           LI, DT, ClonedLoopBlocks);
     return ClonedLoop;
@@ -403,7 +405,8 @@
          I != E; ++I, --Index, TopPH = NewLoop->getLoopPreheader()) {
       auto *Part = &*I;
 
-      NewLoop = Part->cloneLoopWithPreheader(TopPH, Pred, Index, LI, DT);
+      NewLoop = Part->cloneInnermostLoopWithPreheader
+        (TopPH, Pred, Index, LI, DT);
 
       Part->getVMap()[ExitBlock] = TopPH;
       Part->remapInstructions();
@@ -412,7 +415,7 @@
 
     // Now go in forward order and update the immediate dominator for the
     // preheaders with the exiting block of the previous loop.  Dominance
-    // within the loop is updated in cloneLoopWithPreheader.
+    // within the loop is updated in cloneInnermostLoopWithPreheader.
     for (auto Curr = PartitionContainer.cbegin(),
               Next = std::next(PartitionContainer.cbegin()),
               E = PartitionContainer.cend();
Index: lib/Transforms/Utils/CloneFunction.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/Utils/CloneFunction.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/Utils/CloneFunction.cpp
@@ -702,11 +702,15 @@
 ///
 /// Updates LoopInfo and DominatorTree assuming the loop is dominated by block
 /// \p LoopDomBB.  Insert the new blocks before block specified in \p Before.
-Loop *llvm::cloneLoopWithPreheader(BasicBlock *Before, BasicBlock *LoopDomBB,
+/// \p OrigLoop should not have sub-loops.
+Loop *llvm::cloneInnermostLoopWithPreheader(BasicBlock *Before, 
+                                   BasicBlock *LoopDomBB,
                                    Loop *OrigLoop, ValueToValueMapTy &VMap,
                                    const Twine &NameSuffix, LoopInfo *LI,
                                    DominatorTree *DT,
                                    SmallVectorImpl<BasicBlock *> &Blocks) {
+  assert(OrigLoop->getSubLoops().empty() && 
+         "Loop to be cloned cannot have inner loop");
   Function *F = OrigLoop->getHeader()->getParent();
   Loop *ParentLoop = OrigLoop->getParentLoop();
 
Index: lib/Transforms/Utils/LoopVersioning.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/Utils/LoopVersioning.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/Utils/LoopVersioning.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
   // block is a join between the two loops.
   SmallVector<BasicBlock *, 8> NonVersionedLoopBlocks;
   NonVersionedLoop =
-      cloneLoopWithPreheader(PH, RuntimeCheckBB, VersionedLoop, VMap,
+      cloneInnermostLoopWithPreheader(PH, RuntimeCheckBB, VersionedLoop, VMap,
                              ".lver.orig", LI, DT, NonVersionedLoopBlocks);
   remapInstructionsInBlocks(NonVersionedLoopBlocks, VMap);