diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs b/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
index c720032bef26..0d853295502d 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
@@ -1779,6 +1779,10 @@ impl<'tcx> Generics<'tcx> {
         !self.regions.is_empty_in(space)
     }
 
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.types.is_empty() && self.regions.is_empty()
+    }
+
     pub fn to_bounds(&self, tcx: &ty::ctxt<'tcx>, substs: &Substs<'tcx>)
                      -> GenericBounds<'tcx> {
         GenericBounds {
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/_match.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/_match.rs
index 7ff0e1758f52..49627120d229 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/_match.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/_match.rs
@@ -103,8 +103,18 @@ pub fn check_pat<'a, 'tcx>(pcx: &pat_ctxt<'a, 'tcx>,
         ast::PatEnum(..) | ast::PatIdent(..) if pat_is_const(&tcx.def_map, pat) => {
             let const_did = tcx.def_map.borrow()[pat.id].clone().def_id();
             let const_scheme = ty::lookup_item_type(tcx, const_did);
-            fcx.write_ty(pat.id, const_scheme.ty);
-            demand::suptype(fcx, pat.span, expected, const_scheme.ty);
+            assert!(const_scheme.generics.is_empty());
+            let const_ty = pcx.fcx.instantiate_type_scheme(pat.span,
+                                                           &Substs::empty(),
+                                                           &const_scheme.ty);
+            fcx.write_ty(pat.id, const_ty);
+
+            // FIXME(#20489) -- we should limit the types here to scalars or something!
+
+            // As with PatLit, what we really want here is that there
+            // exist a LUB, but for the cases that can occur, subtype
+            // is good enough.
+            demand::suptype(fcx, pat.span, expected, const_ty);
         }
         ast::PatIdent(bm, ref path, ref sub) if pat_is_binding(&tcx.def_map, pat) => {
             let typ = fcx.local_ty(pat.span, pat.id);