Index: include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
+++ include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
@@ -741,6 +741,9 @@
   virtual const RegClassWeight &getRegClassWeight(
     const TargetRegisterClass *RC) const = 0;
 
+  /// Returns size in bits of a phys/virtual/generic register.
+  unsigned getRegSizeInBits(unsigned Reg, const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI) const;
+
   /// Get the weight in units of pressure for this register unit.
   virtual unsigned getRegUnitWeight(unsigned RegUnit) const = 0;
 
Index: lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/RegisterBankInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/RegisterBankInfo.cpp
+++ lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/RegisterBankInfo.cpp
@@ -442,24 +442,7 @@
 unsigned RegisterBankInfo::getSizeInBits(unsigned Reg,
                                          const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI,
                                          const TargetRegisterInfo &TRI) {
-  const TargetRegisterClass *RC = nullptr;
-  if (TargetRegisterInfo::isPhysicalRegister(Reg)) {
-    // The size is not directly available for physical registers.
-    // Instead, we need to access a register class that contains Reg and
-    // get the size of that register class.
-    RC = TRI.getMinimalPhysRegClass(Reg);
-  } else {
-    LLT Ty = MRI.getType(Reg);
-    unsigned RegSize = Ty.isValid() ? Ty.getSizeInBits() : 0;
-    // If Reg is not a generic register, query the register class to
-    // get its size.
-    if (RegSize)
-      return RegSize;
-    // Since Reg is not a generic register, it must have a register class.
-    RC = MRI.getRegClass(Reg);
-  }
-  assert(RC && "Unable to deduce the register class");
-  return TRI.getRegSizeInBits(*RC);
+  return TRI.getRegSizeInBits(Reg, MRI);
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: lib/CodeGen/MachineVerifier.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/MachineVerifier.cpp
+++ lib/CodeGen/MachineVerifier.cpp
@@ -943,6 +943,26 @@
              MI);
     break;
   }
+  case TargetOpcode::COPY: {
+    const MachineOperand &DstOp = MI->getOperand(0);
+    const MachineOperand &SrcOp = MI->getOperand(1);
+    LLT DstTy = MRI->getType(DstOp.getReg());
+    LLT SrcTy = MRI->getType(SrcOp.getReg());
+    if (SrcTy.isValid() || DstTy.isValid()) {
+      unsigned SrcSize = TRI->getRegSizeInBits(SrcOp.getReg(), *MRI);
+      unsigned DstSize = TRI->getRegSizeInBits(DstOp.getReg(), *MRI);
+      assert(SrcSize && "Expecting size here");
+      assert(DstSize && "Expecting size here");
+      if (SrcSize != DstSize)
+        // Catch only obvious cases not involving subregs for now.
+        if (!DstOp.getSubReg() && !SrcOp.getSubReg()) {
+          report("Copy Instruction is illegal with mismatching sizes", MI);
+          errs() << "Def Size = " << DstSize << ", Src Size = " << SrcSize
+                 << "\n";
+        }
+    }
+    break;
+  }
   case TargetOpcode::STATEPOINT:
     if (!MI->getOperand(StatepointOpers::IDPos).isImm() ||
         !MI->getOperand(StatepointOpers::NBytesPos).isImm() ||
Index: lib/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.cpp
+++ lib/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.cpp
@@ -421,6 +421,21 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+unsigned
+TargetRegisterInfo::getRegSizeInBits(unsigned Reg,
+                                     const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI) const {
+  const TargetRegisterClass *RC = nullptr;
+  if (isPhysicalRegister(Reg))
+    RC = getMinimalPhysRegClass(Reg);
+  else
+    RC = MRI.getRegClassOrNull(Reg);
+  if (!RC) {
+    LLT Ty = MRI.getType(Reg);
+    assert(Ty.isValid() && "Expecting valid type here");
+    return Ty.getSizeInBits();
+  }
+  return getRegSizeInBits(*RC);
+}
 #if !defined(NDEBUG) || defined(LLVM_ENABLE_DUMP)
 LLVM_DUMP_METHOD
 void TargetRegisterInfo::dumpReg(unsigned Reg, unsigned SubRegIndex,
Index: test/Verifier/test_copy.mir
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Verifier/test_copy.mir
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#RUN: not llc -o - -global-isel -run-pass=none -verify-machineinstrs %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# REQUIRES: global-isel, aarch64-registered-target
+--- |
+  ; ModuleID = 'test.ll'
+  source_filename = "test.ll"
+  target datalayout = "e-m:e-i8:8:32-i16:16:32-i64:64-i128:128-n32:64-S128"
+  target triple = "aarch64-unknown-unknown"
+  
+  define i32 @test_copy(i32 %argc) {
+    ret i32 0
+  }
+
+...
+---
+name:            test_copy
+legalized:       true
+regBankSelected: false
+selected:        false
+tracksRegLiveness: true
+registers:       
+  - { id: 0, class: _, preferred-register: '' }
+liveins:         
+body:             |
+  bb.0:
+    liveins: %w0
+    ; This test is used to catch verifier errors with copys having mismatching sizes
+    ; CHECK: Bad machine code: Copy Instruction is illegal with mismatching sizes
+  
+    %0(s8) = COPY %w0
+...