diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
   /// nodes after merging back from a Branch-on-Mask.
   VPPredInstPHIRecipe(VPValue *PredV)
       : VPRecipeBase(VPPredInstPHISC), VPUser(PredV) {
-    new VPValue(VPValue::VPValueSC, PredV->getUnderlyingValue(), this);
+    new VPValue(PredV->getUnderlyingValue(), this);
   }
   ~VPPredInstPHIRecipe() override = default;
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanValue.h b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanValue.h
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanValue.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanValue.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 class VPSlotTracker;
 class VPUser;
 class VPRecipeBase;
-class VPPredInstPHIRecipe;
 class VPWidenMemoryInstructionRecipe;
 
 // This is the base class of the VPlan Def/Use graph, used for modeling the data
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@
   friend class VPInterleavedAccessInfo;
   friend class VPSlotTracker;
   friend class VPRecipeBase;
-  friend class VPPredInstPHIRecipe;
   friend class VPWidenMemoryInstructionRecipe;
 
   const unsigned char SubclassID; ///< Subclass identifier (for isa/dyn_cast).
@@ -168,6 +166,13 @@
   void replaceAllUsesWith(VPValue *New);
 
   VPDef *getDef() { return Def; }
+
+  /// Returns the underlying IR value, if this VPValue is defined outside the
+  /// scope of VPlan. Returns nullptr if the VPValue is defined by a VPDef
+  /// inside a VPlan.
+  Value *getLiveInIRValue() {
+    return !getDef() ? getUnderlyingValue() : nullptr;
+  }
 };
 
 typedef DenseMap<Value *, VPValue *> Value2VPValueTy;