diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 56e5e875e861..277ac35ad167 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -14963,6 +14963,9 @@ The maximum depth of a loop nest suitable for complete peeling.
 @item max-unswitch-insns
 The maximum number of insns of an unswitched loop.
 
+@item max-unswitch-depth
+The maximum depth of a loop nest to be unswitched.
+
 @item lim-expensive
 The minimum cost of an expensive expression in the loop invariant motion.
 
diff --git a/gcc/params.opt b/gcc/params.opt
index c1dcb7ea4878..397ec0bd1288 100644
--- a/gcc/params.opt
+++ b/gcc/params.opt
@@ -726,6 +726,10 @@ The maximum number of instructions to consider to unroll in a loop.
 Common Joined UInteger Var(param_max_unswitch_insns) Init(50) Param Optimization
 The maximum number of insns of an unswitched loop.
 
+-param=max-unswitch-depth=
+Common Joined UInteger Var(param_max_unswitch_depth) Init(50) IntegerRange(1, 50) Param Optimization
+The maximum depth of a loop nest to be unswitched.
+
 -param=max-variable-expansions-in-unroller=
 Common Joined UInteger Var(param_max_variable_expansions) Init(1) Param Optimization
 If -fvariable-expansion-in-unroller is used, the maximum number of times that an individual variable will be expanded during loop unrolling.
diff --git a/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-unswitch.cc b/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-unswitch.cc
index e8c9bd6812a4..df7a2019b1c8 100644
--- a/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-unswitch.cc
+++ b/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-unswitch.cc
@@ -263,8 +263,10 @@ init_loop_unswitch_info (class loop *&loop, unswitch_predicate *&hottest,
 
   /* Unswitch only nests with no sibling loops.  */
   class loop *outer_loop = loop;
+  unsigned max_depth = param_max_unswitch_depth;
   while (loop_outer (outer_loop)->num != 0
-	 && !loop_outer (outer_loop)->inner->next)
+	 && !loop_outer (outer_loop)->inner->next
+	 && --max_depth != 0)
     outer_loop = loop_outer (outer_loop);
   hottest = NULL;
   hottest_bb = NULL;