diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/pr103523.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/pr103523.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..736e8936c5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/pr103523.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-march=armv8-a+sve -mtune=neoverse-v1 -Ofast" } */
+
+void d(float *a, float b, int c) {
+    float e;
+    for (; c; c--, e += b)
+      a[c] = e;
+}
diff --git a/gcc/tree-vect-loop.c b/gcc/tree-vect-loop.c
index 7f544ba1fd51..f700d5e7ac2c 100644
--- a/gcc/tree-vect-loop.c
+++ b/gcc/tree-vect-loop.c
@@ -8065,6 +8065,15 @@ vectorizable_induction (loop_vec_info loop_vinfo,
       return false;
     }
 
+  step_expr = STMT_VINFO_LOOP_PHI_EVOLUTION_PART (stmt_info);
+  gcc_assert (step_expr != NULL_TREE);
+  tree step_vectype = get_same_sized_vectype (TREE_TYPE (step_expr), vectype);
+
+  /* Check for backend support of PLUS/MINUS_EXPR. */
+  if (!directly_supported_p (PLUS_EXPR, step_vectype)
+      || !directly_supported_p (MINUS_EXPR, step_vectype))
+    return false;
+
   if (!vec_stmt) /* transformation not required.  */
     {
       unsigned inside_cost = 0, prologue_cost = 0;
@@ -8124,10 +8133,6 @@ vectorizable_induction (loop_vec_info loop_vinfo,
   if (dump_enabled_p ())
     dump_printf_loc (MSG_NOTE, vect_location, "transform induction phi.\n");
 
-  step_expr = STMT_VINFO_LOOP_PHI_EVOLUTION_PART (stmt_info);
-  gcc_assert (step_expr != NULL_TREE);
-  tree step_vectype = get_same_sized_vectype (TREE_TYPE (step_expr), vectype);
-
   pe = loop_preheader_edge (iv_loop);
   /* Find the first insertion point in the BB.  */
   basic_block bb = gimple_bb (phi);