diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/error.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/error.rs
index 65d9c1dd90ef..cce360713b55 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/error.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/error.rs
@@ -502,4 +502,14 @@ impl InterpError<'_> {
             _ => false,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Should this error be reported as a hard error, preventing compilation, or a soft error,
+    /// causing a deny-by-default lint?
+    pub fn is_hard_err(&self) -> bool {
+        use InterpError::*;
+        match *self {
+            MachineStop(ref err) => err.is_hard_err(),
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/const_eval/eval_queries.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/const_eval/eval_queries.rs
index 6adb6e349588..536dbad4f764 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/const_eval/eval_queries.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/const_eval/eval_queries.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use super::{CompileTimeEvalContext, CompileTimeInterpreter, ConstEvalErr, Memory
 use crate::interpret::eval_nullary_intrinsic;
 use crate::interpret::{
     intern_const_alloc_recursive, Allocation, ConstAlloc, ConstValue, CtfeValidationMode, GlobalId,
-    Immediate, InternKind, InterpCx, InterpError, InterpResult, MPlaceTy, MemoryKind, OpTy,
-    RefTracking, Scalar, ScalarMaybeUninit, StackPopCleanup,
+    Immediate, InternKind, InterpCx, InterpResult, MPlaceTy, MemoryKind, OpTy, RefTracking, Scalar,
+    ScalarMaybeUninit, StackPopCleanup,
 };
 use crate::util::pretty::display_allocation;
 
@@ -312,23 +312,17 @@ pub fn eval_to_allocation_raw_provider<'tcx>(
             let err = ConstEvalErr::new(&ecx, error, None);
             // Some CTFE errors raise just a lint, not a hard error; see
             // <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/71800>.
-            let emit_as_lint = if let Some(def) = def.as_local() {
+            let is_hard_err = if let Some(def) = def.as_local() {
                 // (Associated) consts only emit a lint, since they might be unused.
-                matches!(tcx.def_kind(def.did.to_def_id()), DefKind::Const | DefKind::AssocConst)
-                    && !matches!(&err.error, InterpError::MachineStop(err) if err.is_hard_err())
+                !matches!(tcx.def_kind(def.did.to_def_id()), DefKind::Const | DefKind::AssocConst)
+                    // check if the inner InterpError is hard
+                    || err.error.is_hard_err()
             } else {
                 // use of broken constant from other crate: always an error
-                false
+                true
             };
-            if emit_as_lint {
-                let hir_id = tcx.hir().local_def_id_to_hir_id(def.as_local().unwrap().did);
-                Err(err.report_as_lint(
-                    tcx.at(tcx.def_span(def.did)),
-                    "any use of this value will cause an error",
-                    hir_id,
-                    Some(err.span),
-                ))
-            } else {
+
+            if is_hard_err {
                 let msg = if is_static {
                     Cow::from("could not evaluate static initializer")
                 } else {
@@ -346,6 +340,14 @@ pub fn eval_to_allocation_raw_provider<'tcx>(
                 };
 
                 Err(err.report_as_error(ecx.tcx.at(ecx.cur_span()), &msg))
+            } else {
+                let hir_id = tcx.hir().local_def_id_to_hir_id(def.as_local().unwrap().did);
+                Err(err.report_as_lint(
+                    tcx.at(tcx.def_span(def.did)),
+                    "any use of this value will cause an error",
+                    hir_id,
+                    Some(err.span),
+                ))
             }
         }
         Ok(mplace) => {