diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-exegesis/lib/SerialSnippetGenerator.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-exegesis/lib/SerialSnippetGenerator.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-exegesis/lib/SerialSnippetGenerator.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-exegesis/lib/SerialSnippetGenerator.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
     if (OtherOpcode == Instr->Description.getOpcode())
       continue;
     const Instruction &OtherInstr = State.getIC().getInstr(OtherOpcode);
+    const MCInstrDesc &OtherInstrDesc = OtherInstr.Description;
+    // Ignore instructions that we cannot run.
+    if (OtherInstrDesc.isPseudo() ||
+        OtherInstrDesc.isBranch() || OtherInstrDesc.isIndirectBranch() ||
+        OtherInstrDesc.isCall() || OtherInstrDesc.isReturn()) {
+          continue;
+    }
     if (OtherInstr.hasMemoryOperands())
       continue;
     if (!State.getExegesisTarget().allowAsBackToBack(OtherInstr))