diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
index 58fcba93f1a18..659b4c30a58ad 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
@@ -7703,8 +7703,7 @@ DenseMap<const SCEV *, Value *> LoopVectorizationPlanner::executePlan(
   BestVPlan.execute(&State);
 
   // 2.5 Collect reduction resume values.
-  auto *ExitVPBB =
-      cast<VPBasicBlock>(BestVPlan.getVectorLoopRegion()->getSingleSuccessor());
+  auto *ExitVPBB = BestVPlan.getMiddleBlock();
   if (VectorizingEpilogue)
     for (VPRecipeBase &R : *ExitVPBB) {
       fixReductionScalarResumeWhenVectorizingEpilog(
@@ -8830,8 +8829,7 @@ static void addScalarResumePhis(VPRecipeBuilder &Builder, VPlan &Plan) {
 static SetVector<VPIRInstruction *> collectUsersInExitBlock(
     Loop *OrigLoop, VPRecipeBuilder &Builder, VPlan &Plan,
     const MapVector<PHINode *, InductionDescriptor> &Inductions) {
-  auto *MiddleVPBB =
-      cast<VPBasicBlock>(Plan.getVectorLoopRegion()->getSingleSuccessor());
+  auto *MiddleVPBB = Plan.getMiddleBlock();
   // No edge from the middle block to the unique exit block has been inserted
   // and there is nothing to fix from vector loop; phis should have incoming
   // from scalar loop only.
@@ -8876,8 +8874,7 @@ addUsersInExitBlock(VPlan &Plan,
   if (ExitUsersToFix.empty())
     return;
 
-  auto *MiddleVPBB =
-      cast<VPBasicBlock>(Plan.getVectorLoopRegion()->getSingleSuccessor());
+  auto *MiddleVPBB = Plan.getMiddleBlock();
   VPBuilder B(MiddleVPBB, MiddleVPBB->getFirstNonPhi());
 
   // Introduce extract for exiting values and update the VPIRInstructions
@@ -8905,7 +8902,7 @@ static void addExitUsersForFirstOrderRecurrences(
     VPlan &Plan, SetVector<VPIRInstruction *> &ExitUsersToFix) {
   VPRegionBlock *VectorRegion = Plan.getVectorLoopRegion();
   auto *ScalarPHVPBB = Plan.getScalarPreheader();
-  auto *MiddleVPBB = cast<VPBasicBlock>(VectorRegion->getSingleSuccessor());
+  auto *MiddleVPBB = Plan.getMiddleBlock();
   VPBuilder ScalarPHBuilder(ScalarPHVPBB);
   VPBuilder MiddleBuilder(MiddleVPBB, MiddleVPBB->getFirstNonPhi());
   VPValue *TwoVPV = Plan.getOrAddLiveIn(
@@ -9085,8 +9082,7 @@ LoopVectorizationPlanner::tryToBuildVPlanWithVPRecipes(VFRange &Range) {
         bool NeedsBlends = BB != HeaderBB && !BB->phis().empty();
         return Legal->blockNeedsPredication(BB) || NeedsBlends;
       });
-  auto *MiddleVPBB =
-      cast<VPBasicBlock>(Plan->getVectorLoopRegion()->getSingleSuccessor());
+  auto *MiddleVPBB = Plan->getMiddleBlock();
   VPBasicBlock::iterator MBIP = MiddleVPBB->getFirstNonPhi();
   for (BasicBlock *BB : make_range(DFS.beginRPO(), DFS.endRPO())) {
     // Relevant instructions from basic block BB will be grouped into VPRecipe
@@ -9303,8 +9299,7 @@ void LoopVectorizationPlanner::adjustRecipesForReductions(
   using namespace VPlanPatternMatch;
   VPRegionBlock *VectorLoopRegion = Plan->getVectorLoopRegion();
   VPBasicBlock *Header = VectorLoopRegion->getEntryBasicBlock();
-  VPBasicBlock *MiddleVPBB =
-      cast<VPBasicBlock>(VectorLoopRegion->getSingleSuccessor());
+  VPBasicBlock *MiddleVPBB = Plan->getMiddleBlock();
   for (VPRecipeBase &R : Header->phis()) {
     auto *PhiR = dyn_cast<VPReductionPHIRecipe>(&R);
     if (!PhiR || !PhiR->isInLoop() || (MinVF.isScalar() && !PhiR->isOrdered()))
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.cpp
index 84880bbb19793..7c06fb2353822 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.cpp
@@ -1034,8 +1034,7 @@ void VPlan::execute(VPTransformState *State) {
   // skeleton creation, so we can only create the VPIRBasicBlocks now during
   // VPlan execution rather than earlier during VPlan construction.
   BasicBlock *MiddleBB = State->CFG.ExitBB;
-  VPBasicBlock *MiddleVPBB =
-      cast<VPBasicBlock>(getVectorLoopRegion()->getSingleSuccessor());
+  VPBasicBlock *MiddleVPBB = getMiddleBlock();
   BasicBlock *ScalarPh = MiddleBB->getSingleSuccessor();
   replaceVPBBWithIRVPBB(getScalarPreheader(), ScalarPh);
   replaceVPBBWithIRVPBB(MiddleVPBB, MiddleBB);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
index 4e5878cae2ddc..cf4b38b340dc1 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
@@ -3748,6 +3748,16 @@ class VPlan {
     return cast<VPBasicBlock>(ScalarHeader->getSinglePredecessor());
   }
 
+  /// Returns the 'middle' block of the plan, that is the block that selects
+  /// whether to execute the scalar tail loop or the exit block from the loop
+  /// latch.
+  const VPBasicBlock *getMiddleBlock() const {
+    return cast<VPBasicBlock>(getVectorLoopRegion()->getSingleSuccessor());
+  }
+  VPBasicBlock *getMiddleBlock() {
+    return cast<VPBasicBlock>(getVectorLoopRegion()->getSingleSuccessor());
+  }
+
   /// The trip count of the original loop.
   VPValue *getTripCount() const {
     assert(TripCount && "trip count needs to be set before accessing it");