Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIFoldOperands.cpp
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--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIFoldOperands.cpp
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/SIFoldOperands.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,17 @@
           !TargetRegisterInfo::isVirtualRegister(OpToFold.getReg()))
         continue;
 
+      // Prevent folding operands backwards in the function. For example,
+      // the COPY opcode must not be replaced by 1 in this example:
+      //
+      //    %vreg3<def> = COPY %VGPR0; VGPR_32:%vreg3
+      //    ...
+      //    %VGPR0<def> = V_MOV_B32_e32 1, %EXEC<imp-use>
+      MachineOperand &Dst = MI.getOperand(0);
+      if (Dst.isReg() &&
+          !TargetRegisterInfo::isVirtualRegister(Dst.getReg()))
+        continue;
+
       // We need mutate the operands of new mov instructions to add implicit
       // uses of EXEC, but adding them invalidates the use_iterator, so defer
       // this.