diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
@@ -8067,6 +8067,16 @@
   VK = VK_RValue;
   OK = OK_Ordinary;
 
+  if (Context.isDependenceAllowed() &&
+      (Cond.get()->isTypeDependent() || LHS.get()->isTypeDependent() ||
+       RHS.get()->isTypeDependent())) {
+    assert(!getLangOpts().CPlusPlus);
+    assert(Cond.get()->containsErrors() || LHS.get()->containsErrors() ||
+           RHS.get()->containsErrors() &&
+               "should only occur in error-recovery path.");
+    return Context.DependentTy;
+  }
+
   // The OpenCL operator with a vector condition is sufficiently
   // different to merit its own checker.
   if ((getLangOpts().OpenCL && Cond.get()->getType()->isVectorType()) ||
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/ast-dump-recovery.c b/clang/test/AST/ast-dump-recovery.c
--- a/clang/test/AST/ast-dump-recovery.c
+++ b/clang/test/AST/ast-dump-recovery.c
@@ -71,4 +71,14 @@
   // CHECK-NEXT: | `-DeclRefExpr {{.*}} 'some_func'
   // CHECK-NEXT: `-IntegerLiteral {{.*}} 'int' 1
   some_func(), 1;
+
+  // conditional operator
+  float f;
+  // CHECK:     ConditionalOperator {{.*}} '<dependent type>' contains-errors
+  // CHECK-NEXT: |-RecoveryExpr {{.*}} '<dependent type>'
+  // CHECK-NEXT: | |-DeclRefExpr {{.*}} 'int *' lvalue
+  // CHECK-NEXT: | `-DeclRefExpr {{.*}} 'float' lvalue
+  // CHECK-NEXT: |-DeclRefExpr {{.*}} 'int *' lvalue
+  // CHECK-NEXT: `-DeclRefExpr {{.*}} 'float' lvalue
+  ptr > f ? ptr : f;
 }
diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/error-dependence.c b/clang/test/Sema/error-dependence.c
--- a/clang/test/Sema/error-dependence.c
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/error-dependence.c
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@
   // not emitted.
   s = call(); // expected-error {{too few arguments to function call}}
 }
+
+void test2(int* ptr, float f) {
+  // verify diagnostic "used type '<dependent type>' where arithmetic or pointer
+  // type is required" is not emitted.
+  ptr > f ? ptr : f; // expected-error {{invalid operands to binary expression}}
+}