diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXAsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXAsmPrinter.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -1272,9 +1272,6 @@
 std::string
 NVPTXAsmPrinter::getPTXFundamentalTypeStr(Type *Ty, bool useB4PTR) const {
   switch (Ty->getTypeID()) {
-  default:
-    llvm_unreachable("unexpected type");
-    break;
   case Type::IntegerTyID: {
     unsigned NumBits = cast<IntegerType>(Ty)->getBitWidth();
     if (NumBits == 1)
@@ -1305,9 +1302,10 @@
       return "b32";
     else
       return "u32";
+  default:
+    break;
   }
   llvm_unreachable("unexpected type");
-  return nullptr;
 }
 
 void NVPTXAsmPrinter::emitPTXGlobalVariable(const GlobalVariable *GVar,