diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/TypeSystem/Clang/TypeSystemClang.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/TypeSystem/Clang/TypeSystemClang.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/TypeSystem/Clang/TypeSystemClang.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/TypeSystem/Clang/TypeSystemClang.cpp
@@ -5172,12 +5172,15 @@
     }
     break;
 
+  case clang::Type::LValueReference:
+  case clang::Type::RValueReference:
   case clang::Type::ObjCObjectPointer: {
-    const clang::ObjCObjectPointerType *pointer_type =
-        llvm::cast<clang::ObjCObjectPointerType>(qual_type.getTypePtr());
-    clang::QualType pointee_type = pointer_type->getPointeeType();
-    uint32_t num_pointee_children =
-        GetType(pointee_type).GetNumChildren(omit_empty_base_classes, exe_ctx);
+    CompilerType pointee_clang_type(GetPointeeType(type));
+
+    uint32_t num_pointee_children = 0;
+    if (pointee_clang_type.IsAggregateType())
+      num_pointee_children =
+          pointee_clang_type.GetNumChildren(omit_empty_base_classes, exe_ctx);
     // If this type points to a simple type, then it has 1 child
     if (num_pointee_children == 0)
       num_children = 1;
@@ -5209,8 +5212,11 @@
     const clang::PointerType *pointer_type =
         llvm::cast<clang::PointerType>(qual_type.getTypePtr());
     clang::QualType pointee_type(pointer_type->getPointeeType());
-    uint32_t num_pointee_children =
-        GetType(pointee_type).GetNumChildren(omit_empty_base_classes, exe_ctx);
+    CompilerType pointee_clang_type(GetType(pointee_type));
+    uint32_t num_pointee_children = 0;
+    if (pointee_clang_type.IsAggregateType())
+      num_pointee_children =
+          pointee_clang_type.GetNumChildren(omit_empty_base_classes, exe_ctx);
     if (num_pointee_children == 0) {
       // We have a pointer to a pointee type that claims it has no children. We
       // will want to look at
@@ -5219,20 +5225,6 @@
       num_children = num_pointee_children;
   } break;
 
-  case clang::Type::LValueReference:
-  case clang::Type::RValueReference: {
-    const clang::ReferenceType *reference_type =
-        llvm::cast<clang::ReferenceType>(qual_type.getTypePtr());
-    clang::QualType pointee_type = reference_type->getPointeeType();
-    uint32_t num_pointee_children =
-        GetType(pointee_type).GetNumChildren(omit_empty_base_classes, exe_ctx);
-    // If this type points to a simple type, then it has 1 child
-    if (num_pointee_children == 0)
-      num_children = 1;
-    else
-      num_children = num_pointee_children;
-  } break;
-
   default:
     break;
   }
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/Makefile b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/Makefile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CXX_SOURCES := main.cpp
+
+include Makefile.rules
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/TestPointerNumChildren.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/TestPointerNumChildren.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/TestPointerNumChildren.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""
+Test children counts of pointer values.
+"""
+
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
+
+
+class TestPointerNumChilden(TestBase):
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+    def test_pointer_num_children(self):
+        self.build()
+        lldbutil.run_to_source_breakpoint(self, "// break here", lldb.SBFileSpec("main.cpp"))
+
+        result = self.frame().FindVariable("Ref")
+        self.assertEqual(1, result.GetNumChildren())
+        self.assertEqual(2, result.GetChildAtIndex(0).GetNumChildren())
+        self.assertEqual("42", result.GetChildAtIndex(0).GetChildAtIndex(0).GetValue())
+        self.assertEqual("56", result.GetChildAtIndex(0).GetChildAtIndex(1).GetValue())
+
+        result = self.frame().FindVariable("Ptr")
+        self.assertEqual(1, result.GetNumChildren())
+        self.assertEqual(2, result.GetChildAtIndex(0).GetNumChildren())
+        self.assertEqual("42", result.GetChildAtIndex(0).GetChildAtIndex(0).GetValue())
+        self.assertEqual("56", result.GetChildAtIndex(0).GetChildAtIndex(1).GetValue())
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/main.cpp b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/pointer_num_children/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+struct Inner {
+  int a;
+  int b;
+};
+
+struct Outer {
+  Inner *inner;
+};
+
+int main() {
+  Inner inner{42, 56};
+  Outer outer{&inner};
+  Inner **Ptr = &(outer.inner);
+  Inner *&Ref = outer.inner;
+  return 0; // break here
+}