diff --git a/src/librustc_middle/ty/mod.rs b/src/librustc_middle/ty/mod.rs
index a961d02f7a2b1..364059a5993be 100644
--- a/src/librustc_middle/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_middle/ty/mod.rs
@@ -1971,6 +1971,9 @@ bitflags! {
         const NO_VARIANT_FLAGS        = 0;
         /// Indicates whether the field list of this variant is `#[non_exhaustive]`.
         const IS_FIELD_LIST_NON_EXHAUSTIVE = 1 << 0;
+        /// Indicates whether this variant was obtained as part of recovering from
+        /// a syntactic error. May be incomplete or bogus.
+        const IS_RECOVERED = 1 << 1;
     }
 }
 
@@ -1994,9 +1997,6 @@ pub struct VariantDef {
     pub ctor_kind: CtorKind,
     /// Flags of the variant (e.g. is field list non-exhaustive)?
     flags: VariantFlags,
-    /// Variant is obtained as part of recovering from a syntactic error.
-    /// May be incomplete or bogus.
-    pub recovered: bool,
 }
 
 impl<'tcx> VariantDef {
@@ -2039,6 +2039,10 @@ impl<'tcx> VariantDef {
             flags |= VariantFlags::IS_FIELD_LIST_NON_EXHAUSTIVE;
         }
 
+        if recovered {
+            flags |= VariantFlags::IS_RECOVERED;
+        }
+
         VariantDef {
             def_id: variant_did.unwrap_or(parent_did),
             ctor_def_id,
@@ -2047,7 +2051,6 @@ impl<'tcx> VariantDef {
             fields,
             ctor_kind,
             flags,
-            recovered,
         }
     }
 
@@ -2057,6 +2060,12 @@ impl<'tcx> VariantDef {
         self.flags.intersects(VariantFlags::IS_FIELD_LIST_NON_EXHAUSTIVE)
     }
 
+    /// Was this variant obtained as part of recovering from a syntactic error?
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn is_recovered(&self) -> bool {
+        self.flags.intersects(VariantFlags::IS_RECOVERED)
+    }
+
     /// `repr(transparent)` structs can have a single non-ZST field, this function returns that
     /// field.
     pub fn transparent_newtype_field(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> Option<&FieldDef> {
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/expr.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/expr.rs
index 0e9f64c359690..8fb3d0b7d98fb 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/expr.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/expr.rs
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         kind_name: &str,
         ty_span: Span,
     ) {
-        if variant.recovered {
+        if variant.is_recovered() {
             self.set_tainted_by_errors();
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/pat.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/pat.rs
index dc1ce2d89ba0e..d1864ee2b35af 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/pat.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/pat.rs
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             .filter(|ident| !used_fields.contains_key(&ident))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        let inexistent_fields_err = if !inexistent_fields.is_empty() && !variant.recovered {
+        let inexistent_fields_err = if !(inexistent_fields.is_empty() || variant.is_recovered()) {
             Some(self.error_inexistent_fields(
                 adt.variant_descr(),
                 &inexistent_fields,