diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 4d231c3a5ba..ec2cb695cf7 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-02-25  Kai Tietz  <ktietz@redhat.com>
+
+	PR tree-optimization/61917
+	* tree-vect-loop.c (vectorizable_reduction): Handle obvious case
+	that reduc_def_stmt is null.
+
 2015-02-25  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>
 
 	* ipa-icf-gimple.c (func_checker::compare_variable_decl): Compare
diff --git a/gcc/tree-vect-loop.c b/gcc/tree-vect-loop.c
index 5a151fc1859..dd4ada2d09d 100644
--- a/gcc/tree-vect-loop.c
+++ b/gcc/tree-vect-loop.c
@@ -4984,7 +4984,7 @@ vectorizable_reduction (gimple stmt, gimple_stmt_iterator *gsi,
   if (!found_nested_cycle_def)
     reduc_def_stmt = def_stmt;
 
-  if (gimple_code (reduc_def_stmt) != GIMPLE_PHI)
+  if (reduc_def_stmt && gimple_code (reduc_def_stmt) != GIMPLE_PHI)
     return false;
 
   if (!(dt == vect_reduction_def