diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
index 50e87f0ab684f..25c4a4d31cec5 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
@@ -446,9 +446,11 @@ void PassManagerBuilder::addFunctionSimplificationPasses(
   if (EnableLoopInterchange)
     MPM.add(createLoopInterchangePass()); // Interchange loops
 
-  // Unroll small loops
-  MPM.add(createSimpleLoopUnrollPass(OptLevel, DisableUnrollLoops,
-                                     ForgetAllSCEVInLoopUnroll));
+  // Don't perform unrolling for SPIR target
+  if (!SYCLOptimizationMode)
+    // Unroll small loops
+    MPM.add(createSimpleLoopUnrollPass(OptLevel, DisableUnrollLoops,
+                                       ForgetAllSCEVInLoopUnroll));
   addExtensionsToPM(EP_LoopOptimizerEnd, MPM);
   // This ends the loop pass pipelines.