diff --git a/lib/SPIRV/libSPIRV/SPIRVInstruction.h b/lib/SPIRV/libSPIRV/SPIRVInstruction.h
index 2fb1baef1..a591ac039 100644
--- a/lib/SPIRV/libSPIRV/SPIRVInstruction.h
+++ b/lib/SPIRV/libSPIRV/SPIRVInstruction.h
@@ -2107,10 +2107,15 @@ class SPIRVCopyMemory : public SPIRVInstruction, public SPIRVMemoryAccess {
   }
 
   void validate() const override {
-    assert((getValueType(Id) == getValueType(Source)) && "Inconsistent type");
-    assert(getValueType(Id)->isTypePointer() && "Invalid type");
-    assert(!(getValueType(Id)->getPointerElementType()->isTypeVoid()) &&
-           "Invalid type");
+    assert(getValueType(Target)->isTypePointer() && "Invalid Target type");
+    assert(getValueType(Source)->isTypePointer() && "Invalid Source type");
+    assert(!(getValueType(Target)->getPointerElementType()->isTypeVoid()) &&
+           "Invalid Target element type");
+    assert(!(getValueType(Source)->getPointerElementType()->isTypeVoid()) &&
+           "Invalid Source element type");
+    assert(getValueType(Target)->getPointerElementType() ==
+               getValueType(Source)->getPointerElementType() &&
+           "Mismatching Target and Source element types");
     SPIRVInstruction::validate();
   }