diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVISelLowering.cpp
index 2344ec529e16dc..c12e5f08f93979 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVISelLowering.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,30 @@ static void validateGroupWaitEventsPtr(const SPIRVSubtarget &STI,
   doInsertBitcast(STI, MRI, GR, I, OpReg, OpIdx, NewPtrType);
 }
 
+static void validateLifetimeStart(const SPIRVSubtarget &STI,
+                                  MachineRegisterInfo *MRI,
+                                  SPIRVGlobalRegistry &GR, MachineInstr &I) {
+  Register PtrReg = I.getOperand(0).getReg();
+  MachineFunction *MF = I.getParent()->getParent();
+  Register PtrTypeReg = getTypeReg(MRI, PtrReg);
+  SPIRVType *PtrType = GR.getSPIRVTypeForVReg(PtrTypeReg, MF);
+  SPIRVType *PonteeElemType = PtrType ? GR.getPointeeType(PtrType) : nullptr;
+  if (!PonteeElemType || PonteeElemType->getOpcode() == SPIRV::OpTypeVoid ||
+      (PonteeElemType->getOpcode() == SPIRV::OpTypeInt &&
+       PonteeElemType->getOperand(1).getImm() == 8))
+    return;
+  // To keep the code valid a bitcast must be inserted
+  SPIRV::StorageClass::StorageClass SC =
+      static_cast<SPIRV::StorageClass::StorageClass>(
+          PtrType->getOperand(1).getImm());
+  MachineIRBuilder MIB(I);
+  LLVMContext &Context = MF->getMMI().getModule()->getContext();
+  SPIRVType *ElemType =
+      GR.getOrCreateSPIRVType(IntegerType::getInt8Ty(Context), MIB);
+  SPIRVType *NewPtrType = GR.getOrCreateSPIRVPointerType(ElemType, MIB, SC);
+  doInsertBitcast(STI, MRI, GR, I, PtrReg, 0, NewPtrType);
+}
+
 static void validateGroupAsyncCopyPtr(const SPIRVSubtarget &STI,
                                       MachineRegisterInfo *MRI,
                                       SPIRVGlobalRegistry &GR, MachineInstr &I,
@@ -413,6 +437,11 @@ void SPIRVTargetLowering::finalizeLowering(MachineFunction &MF) const {
                                       SPIRV::OpTypeBool))
           MI.setDesc(STI.getInstrInfo()->get(SPIRV::OpLogicalNotEqual));
         break;
+      case SPIRV::OpLifetimeStart:
+      case SPIRV::OpLifetimeStop:
+        if (MI.getOperand(1).getImm() > 0)
+          validateLifetimeStart(STI, MRI, GR, MI);
+        break;
       case SPIRV::OpGroupAsyncCopy:
         validateGroupAsyncCopyPtr(STI, MRI, GR, MI, 3);
         validateGroupAsyncCopyPtr(STI, MRI, GR, MI, 4);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVInstructionSelector.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVInstructionSelector.cpp
index 04def5ef01e7b3..86ad7b8eb03b6c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVInstructionSelector.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/SPIRV/SPIRVInstructionSelector.cpp
@@ -2067,9 +2067,7 @@ bool SPIRVInstructionSelector::selectIntrinsic(Register ResVReg,
                                                        : SPIRV::OpLifetimeStop;
     int64_t Size = I.getOperand(I.getNumExplicitDefs() + 1).getImm();
     Register PtrReg = I.getOperand(I.getNumExplicitDefs() + 2).getReg();
-    unsigned PonteeOpType = GR.getPointeeTypeOp(PtrReg);
-    bool IsNonvoidPtr = PonteeOpType != 0 && PonteeOpType != SPIRV::OpTypeVoid;
-    if (Size == -1 || IsNonvoidPtr)
+    if (Size == -1)
       Size = 0;
     BuildMI(BB, I, I.getDebugLoc(), TII.get(Op)).addUse(PtrReg).addImm(Size);
   } break;
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/SPIRV/llvm-intrinsics/lifetime.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/SPIRV/llvm-intrinsics/lifetime.ll
index 710a1581f760ca..780521c5ebe26d 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/SPIRV/llvm-intrinsics/lifetime.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/SPIRV/llvm-intrinsics/lifetime.ll
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
+; RUN: llc -O0 -mtriple=spirv64-unknown-unknown %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: %if spirv-tools %{ llc -O0 -mtriple=spirv64-unknown-unknown %s -o - -filetype=obj | spirv-val %}
+
 ; RUN: llc -O0 -mtriple=spirv32-unknown-unknown %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: %if spirv-tools %{ llc -O0 -mtriple=spirv32-unknown-unknown %s -o - -filetype=obj | spirv-val %}
 
+; CHECK-DAG: %[[#Char:]] = OpTypeInt 8 0
+; CHECK-DAG: %[[#PtrChar:]] = OpTypePointer Function %[[#Char]]
 ; CHECK: OpFunction
-; CHECK: %[[FooArg:.*]] = OpVariable
-; CHECK: OpLifetimeStart %[[FooArg]], 0
+; CHECK: %[[#FooArg:]] = OpVariable
+; CHECK: %[[#Casted1:]] = OpBitcast %[[#PtrChar]] %[[#FooArg]]
+; CHECK: OpLifetimeStart %[[#Casted1]], 72
 ; CHECK: OpCopyMemorySized
 ; CHECK: OpBitcast
 ; CHECK: OpInBoundsPtrAccessChain
-; CHECK: OpLifetimeStop %[[FooArg]], 0
+; CHECK: %[[#Casted2:]] = OpBitcast %[[#PtrChar]] %[[#FooArg]]
+; CHECK: OpLifetimeStop %[[#Casted2]], 72
 
 %tprange = type { %tparray }
 %tparray = type { [2 x i64] }