diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Compiler.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Compiler.cpp
index 4daab0702f147..0398f267c1be6 100644
--- a/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Compiler.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Compiler.cpp
@@ -4801,7 +4801,8 @@ VarCreationState Compiler<Emitter>::visitDecl(const VarDecl *VD,
       auto &GD = GlobalBlock->getBlockDesc<GlobalInlineDescriptor>();
 
       GD.InitState = GlobalInitState::InitializerFailed;
-      GlobalBlock->invokeDtor();
+      if (GlobalBlock->isInitialized())
+        GlobalBlock->invokeDtor();
     }
   }
 
@@ -4862,7 +4863,8 @@ bool Compiler<Emitter>::visitDeclAndReturn(const VarDecl *VD, const Expr *Init,
       auto &GD = GlobalBlock->getBlockDesc<GlobalInlineDescriptor>();
 
       GD.InitState = GlobalInitState::InitializerFailed;
-      GlobalBlock->invokeDtor();
+      if (GlobalBlock->isInitialized())
+        GlobalBlock->invokeDtor();
     }
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/ByteCode/typeid.cpp b/clang/test/AST/ByteCode/typeid.cpp
index aca18d4e25277..f4183691993d8 100644
--- a/clang/test/AST/ByteCode/typeid.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/AST/ByteCode/typeid.cpp
@@ -72,3 +72,16 @@ namespace TypeidPtrRegression {
   }
 }
 
+
+// Regression test for assertion failure in invokeDtor(). GH-173950
+namespace GH173950 {
+  struct A {
+    virtual void f();
+  };
+
+  static A &a = *new A;
+  extern A &a;
+
+  // This used to crash with: Assertion `IsInitialized' failed in invokeDtor()
+  const std::type_info &a_ti = typeid(a);
+}