diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/discriminant.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/discriminant.rs
index 6c35fb01a93..440ee06e7fe 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/discriminant.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/discriminant.rs
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ pub fn discriminant_for_variant(
         &self,
         layout: TyAndLayout<'tcx>,
         variant: VariantIdx,
-    ) -> InterpResult<'tcx, Scalar<M::Provenance>> {
+    ) -> InterpResult<'tcx, ImmTy<'tcx, M::Provenance>> {
         let discr_layout = self.layout_of(layout.ty.discriminant_ty(*self.tcx))?;
-        Ok(match layout.ty.discriminant_for_variant(*self.tcx, variant) {
+        let discr_value = match layout.ty.discriminant_for_variant(*self.tcx, variant) {
             Some(discr) => {
                 // This type actually has discriminants.
                 assert_eq!(discr.ty, discr_layout.ty);
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ pub fn discriminant_for_variant(
                 assert_eq!(variant.as_u32(), 0);
                 Scalar::from_uint(variant.as_u32(), discr_layout.size)
             }
-        })
+        };
+        Ok(ImmTy::from_scalar(discr_value, discr_layout))
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/intrinsics.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/intrinsics.rs
index 7feed74ceae..e886fd23ff5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/intrinsics.rs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ pub fn emulate_intrinsic(
             sym::discriminant_value => {
                 let place = self.deref_pointer(&args[0])?;
                 let variant = self.read_discriminant(&place)?;
-                let discr = self.discriminant_for_variant(place.layout, variant)?;
+                let discr = self.discriminant_for_variant(place.layout, variant)?.to_scalar();
                 self.write_scalar(discr, dest)?;
             }
             sym::exact_div => {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/step.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/step.rs
index 57f99bd8f61..cf1f7ff75e1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/step.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/step.rs
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ pub fn eval_rvalue_into_place(
                 let op = self.eval_place_to_op(place, None)?;
                 let variant = self.read_discriminant(&op)?;
                 let discr = self.discriminant_for_variant(op.layout, variant)?;
-                self.write_scalar(discr, &dest)?;
+                self.write_immediate(*discr, &dest)?;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/dataflow_const_prop.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/dataflow_const_prop.rs
index a67bc53d2b4..9f3f396a237 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/dataflow_const_prop.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/dataflow_const_prop.rs
@@ -405,10 +405,8 @@ fn assign_constant(
                 TrackElem::Variant(idx) => self.ecx.project_downcast(op, idx).ok(),
                 TrackElem::Discriminant => {
                     let variant = self.ecx.read_discriminant(op).ok()?;
-                    let scalar = self.ecx.discriminant_for_variant(op.layout, variant).ok()?;
-                    let discr_ty = op.layout.ty.discriminant_ty(self.tcx);
-                    let layout = self.tcx.layout_of(self.param_env.and(discr_ty)).ok()?;
-                    Some(ImmTy::from_scalar(scalar, layout).into())
+                    let discr_value = self.ecx.discriminant_for_variant(op.layout, variant).ok()?;
+                    Some(discr_value.into())
                 }
                 TrackElem::DerefLen => {
                     let op: OpTy<'_> = self.ecx.deref_pointer(op).ok()?.into();
@@ -505,10 +503,9 @@ fn eval_discriminant(&self, enum_ty: Ty<'tcx>, variant_index: VariantIdx) -> Opt
         if !enum_ty.is_enum() {
             return None;
         }
-        let discr = enum_ty.discriminant_for_variant(self.tcx, variant_index)?;
-        let discr_layout = self.tcx.layout_of(self.param_env.and(discr.ty)).ok()?;
-        let discr_value = Scalar::try_from_uint(discr.val, discr_layout.size)?;
-        Some(discr_value)
+        let enum_ty_layout = self.tcx.layout_of(self.param_env.and(enum_ty)).ok()?;
+        let discr_value = self.ecx.discriminant_for_variant(enum_ty_layout, variant_index).ok()?;
+        Some(discr_value.to_scalar())
     }
 
     fn wrap_immediate(&self, imm: Immediate) -> FlatSet<Scalar> {