diff --git a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv-v.cc b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv-v.cc
index 1cd3bd3438eb95cab814a6414724153a2577e882..75cf00b7eba7119236f2fcc6e26514a734d50cac 100644
--- a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv-v.cc
+++ b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv-v.cc
@@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ expand_vec_series (rtx dest, rtx base, rtx step)
   machine_mode mode = GET_MODE (dest);
   machine_mode mask_mode;
   gcc_assert (get_mask_mode (mode).exists (&mask_mode));
+  poly_int64 nunits_m1 = GET_MODE_NUNITS (mode) - 1;
+  poly_int64 value;
 
   /* VECT_IV = BASE + I * STEP.  */
 
@@ -545,6 +547,21 @@ expand_vec_series (rtx dest, rtx base, rtx step)
   rtx step_adj;
   if (rtx_equal_p (step, const1_rtx))
     step_adj = vid;
+  else if (rtx_equal_p (step, constm1_rtx) && poly_int_rtx_p (base, &value)
+	   && known_eq (nunits_m1, value))
+    {
+      /* Special case:
+	   {nunits - 1, nunits - 2, ... , 0}.
+	   nunits can be either const_int or const_poly_int.
+
+	 Code sequence:
+	   vid.v v
+	   vrsub nunits - 1, v.  */
+      rtx ops[] = {dest, vid, gen_int_mode (nunits_m1, GET_MODE_INNER (mode))};
+      insn_code icode = code_for_pred_sub_reverse_scalar (mode);
+      emit_vlmax_insn (icode, RVV_BINOP, ops);
+      return;
+    }
   else
     {
       step_adj = gen_reg_rtx (mode);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/rvv/autovec/vls-vlmax/perm-4.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/rvv/autovec/vls-vlmax/perm-4.c
index 179c8274a926c042691c5aa0143097681e260b9e..aa328810c30537f90df32639f2e8481d63cba296 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/rvv/autovec/vls-vlmax/perm-4.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/rvv/autovec/vls-vlmax/perm-4.c
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@
 TEST_ALL (PERMUTE)
 
 /* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {vrgather\.vv\tv[0-9]+,\s*v[0-9]+,\s*v[0-9]+} 31 } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {vrsub\.vi} 24 } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {vrsub\.vx} 7 } } */