diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeVectorTypes.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeVectorTypes.cpp
index f934d8b37561e..a01e1cff74564 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeVectorTypes.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeVectorTypes.cpp
@@ -400,9 +400,7 @@ SDValue DAGTypeLegalizer::ScalarizeVecRes_MERGE_VALUES(SDNode *N,
 
 SDValue DAGTypeLegalizer::ScalarizeVecRes_BITCAST(SDNode *N) {
   SDValue Op = N->getOperand(0);
-  if (Op.getValueType().isVector()
-      && Op.getValueType().getVectorNumElements() == 1
-      && !isSimpleLegalType(Op.getValueType()))
+  if (getTypeAction(Op.getValueType()) == TargetLowering::TypeScalarizeVector)
     Op = GetScalarizedVector(Op);
   EVT NewVT = N->getValueType(0).getVectorElementType();
   return DAG.getNode(ISD::BITCAST, SDLoc(N),
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/pr135776.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/pr135776.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6f026234664fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/pr135776.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+; NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_llc_test_checks.py UTC_ARGS: --version 5
+
+; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=aarch64-linux-gnu | FileCheck %s
+
+define i32 @bitcast_failure(ptr %0, <1 x i16> %1) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: bitcast_failure:
+; CHECK:       // %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov x8, x0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov w0, wzr
+; CHECK-NEXT:    // kill: def $d0 killed $d0 def $q0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str h0, [x8]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret
+  %3 = bitcast <1 x i16> %1 to <1 x half>
+  %4 = extractelement <1 x half> %3, i64 0
+  store half %4, ptr %0, align 2
+  ret i32 0
+}