diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeVectorTypes.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeVectorTypes.cpp
index f39d9ca15496a..1000235ab4061 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeVectorTypes.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/LegalizeVectorTypes.cpp
@@ -7040,6 +7040,7 @@ SDValue DAGTypeLegalizer::WidenVecOp_INSERT_SUBVECTOR(SDNode *N) {
   SDValue SubVec = N->getOperand(1);
   SDValue InVec = N->getOperand(0);
 
+  EVT OrigVT = SubVec.getValueType();
   if (getTypeAction(SubVec.getValueType()) == TargetLowering::TypeWidenVector)
     SubVec = GetWidenedVector(SubVec);
 
@@ -7064,14 +7065,34 @@ SDValue DAGTypeLegalizer::WidenVecOp_INSERT_SUBVECTOR(SDNode *N) {
     }
   }
 
+  SDLoc DL(N);
+
   // We need to make sure that the indices are still valid, otherwise we might
   // widen what was previously well-defined to something undefined.
   if (IndicesValid && InVec.isUndef() && N->getConstantOperandVal(2) == 0)
-    return DAG.getNode(ISD::INSERT_SUBVECTOR, SDLoc(N), VT, InVec, SubVec,
+    return DAG.getNode(ISD::INSERT_SUBVECTOR, DL, VT, InVec, SubVec,
                        N->getOperand(2));
 
-  report_fatal_error("Don't know how to widen the operands for "
-                     "INSERT_SUBVECTOR");
+  if (!IndicesValid || OrigVT.isScalableVector())
+    report_fatal_error(
+        "Don't know how to widen the operands for INSERT_SUBVECTOR");
+
+  // If the operands can't be widened legally, just replace the INSERT_SUBVECTOR
+  // with a series of INSERT_VECTOR_ELT
+  unsigned Idx = N->getConstantOperandVal(2);
+
+  SDValue InsertElt = InVec;
+  EVT VectorIdxTy = TLI.getVectorIdxTy(DAG.getDataLayout());
+  for (unsigned I = 0, E = OrigVT.getVectorNumElements(); I != E; ++I) {
+    SDValue ExtractElt =
+        DAG.getNode(ISD::EXTRACT_VECTOR_ELT, DL, VT.getVectorElementType(),
+                    SubVec, DAG.getConstant(I, DL, VectorIdxTy));
+    InsertElt =
+        DAG.getNode(ISD::INSERT_VECTOR_ELT, DL, VT, InsertElt, ExtractElt,
+                    DAG.getConstant(I + Idx, DL, VectorIdxTy));
+  }
+
+  return InsertElt;
 }
 
 SDValue DAGTypeLegalizer::WidenVecOp_EXTRACT_SUBVECTOR(SDNode *N) {
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/pr124255.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/pr124255.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..da502442baddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/pr124255.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+; NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_llc_test_checks.py UTC_ARGS: --version 5
+; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=x86_64-- | FileCheck %s
+
+define <4 x i32> @insert_v2i32_in_v4i32_at_0(<4 x i32> %a, <2 x i32> %b) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: insert_v2i32_in_v4i32_at_0:
+; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movsd {{.*#+}} xmm0 = xmm1[0],xmm0[1]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    retq
+  %result = tail call <4 x i32> @llvm.vector.insert.v4i32.v2i32(<4 x i32> %a, <2 x i32> %b, i64 0)
+  ret <4 x i32> %result
+}
+
+define <4 x i32> @insert_v2i32_in_v4i32_at_2(<4 x i32> %a, <2 x i32> %b) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: insert_v2i32_in_v4i32_at_2:
+; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movlhps {{.*#+}} xmm0 = xmm0[0],xmm1[0]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    retq
+  %result = tail call <4 x i32> @llvm.vector.insert.v4i32.v2i32(<4 x i32> %a, <2 x i32> %b, i64 2)
+  ret <4 x i32> %result
+}
+
+define <4 x float> @insert_v2f32_in_v4f32_at_0(<4 x float> %a, <2 x float> %b) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: insert_v2f32_in_v4f32_at_0:
+; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movsd {{.*#+}} xmm0 = xmm1[0],xmm0[1]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    retq
+  %result = tail call <4 x float> @llvm.vector.insert.v4float.v2float(<4 x float> %a, <2 x float> %b, i64 0)
+  ret <4 x float> %result
+}
+
+define <8 x i32> @insert_v2i32_in_v8i32_at_0(<8 x i32> %a, <2 x i32> %b) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: insert_v2i32_in_v8i32_at_0:
+; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movsd {{.*#+}} xmm0 = xmm2[0],xmm0[1]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    retq
+  %result = tail call <8 x i32> @llvm.vector.insert.v8i32.v2i32(<8 x i32> %a, <2 x i32> %b, i64 0)
+  ret <8 x i32> %result
+}
+
+define <8 x i32> @insert_v2i32_in_v8i32_at_6(<8 x i32> %a, <2 x i32> %b) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: insert_v2i32_in_v8i32_at_6:
+; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movlhps {{.*#+}} xmm1 = xmm1[0],xmm2[0]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    retq
+  %result = tail call <8 x i32> @llvm.vector.insert.v8i32.v2i32(<8 x i32> %a, <2 x i32> %b, i64 6)
+  ret <8 x i32> %result
+}