diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs
index 574e8073d8e..3ec270a7c97 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ fn visit_variant(&mut self, var: &'tcx Variant<'tcx>) {
                         AnnotationKind::Required,
                         InheritDeprecation::Yes,
                         InheritConstStability::No,
-                        InheritStability::No,
+                        InheritStability::Yes,
                         |_| {},
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/stability-attribute/auxiliary/ctor-stability.rs b/src/test/ui/stability-attribute/auxiliary/ctor-stability.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74c6023d7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/stability-attribute/auxiliary/ctor-stability.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#![crate_type = "lib"]
+#![feature(staged_api)]
+#![stable(feature = "none", since = "1.0")]
+
+#[stable(feature = "none", since = "1.0")]
+pub enum Foo {
+    A,
+}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/stability-attribute/ctor-stability.rs b/src/test/ui/stability-attribute/ctor-stability.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fcab0cb1099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/stability-attribute/ctor-stability.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// aux-build:ctor-stability.rs
+// check-pass
+
+extern crate ctor_stability;
+
+fn main() {
+    let _ = ctor_stability::Foo::A;
+}