diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/consts.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/consts.rs
index 2f6011e3f65..0176e5ab320 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/consts.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/consts.rs
@@ -459,14 +459,12 @@ pub fn const_expr(cx: @crate_ctxt, e: @ast::expr) -> ValueRef {
           ast::expr_call(callee, args, _) => {
             match cx.tcx.def_map.find(&callee.id) {
                 Some(ast::def_struct(def_id)) => {
-                    let ety = ty::expr_ty(cx.tcx, e);
-                    let llty = type_of::type_of(cx, ety);
                     let llstructbody =
                         C_struct(args.map(|a| const_expr(cx, *a)));
                     if ty::ty_dtor(cx.tcx, def_id).is_present() {
-                        C_named_struct(llty, ~[ llstructbody, C_u8(0) ])
+                        C_struct(~[ llstructbody, C_u8(0) ])
                     } else {
-                        C_named_struct(llty, ~[ llstructbody ])
+                        C_struct(~[ llstructbody ])
                     }
                 }
             Some(ast::def_variant(tid, vid)) => {
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/const-enum-tuplestruct.rs b/src/test/run-pass/const-enum-tuplestruct.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9194ff26b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/const-enum-tuplestruct.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+enum E { V16(u16), V32(u32) }
+struct S(E, u16, u16);
+const C: S = S(V16(0xDEAD), 0x600D, 0xBAD);
+
+fn main() {
+    let S(_, n, _) = C;
+    assert n != 0xBAD;
+    assert n == 0x600D;
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/const-enum-tuplestruct2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/const-enum-tuplestruct2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6d9d01479e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/const-enum-tuplestruct2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+enum E { V0, V16(u16) }
+struct S(E, u16, u16);
+const C: S = S(V0, 0x600D, 0xBAD);
+
+fn main() {
+    let S(_, n, _) = C;
+    assert n != 0xBAD;
+    assert n == 0x600D;
+}