diff --git a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
index 1d439f24554..0bafe309bb6 100644
--- a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
+++ b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
@@ -714,6 +714,11 @@ llvm_optimize_module(LLVMJitContext *context, LLVMModuleRef module)
 	LLVMPassBuilderOptionsSetDebugLogging(options, 1);
 #endif
 
+	/* In assertion builds, run the LLVM verify pass. */
+#ifdef USE_ASSERT_CHECKING
+	LLVMPassBuilderOptionsSetVerifyEach(options, true);
+#endif
+
 	LLVMPassBuilderOptionsSetInlinerThreshold(options, 512);
 
 	err = LLVMRunPasses(module, passes, NULL, options);
diff --git a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_expr.c b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_expr.c
index 306aea82d3b..cbd9ed7cc4b 100644
--- a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_expr.c
@@ -2765,7 +2765,7 @@ create_LifetimeEnd(LLVMModuleRef mod)
 	LLVMContextRef lc;
 
 	/* variadic pointer argument */
-	const char *nm = "llvm.lifetime.end.p0i8";
+	const char *nm = "llvm.lifetime.end.p0";
 
 	fn = LLVMGetNamedFunction(mod, nm);
 	if (fn)