diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
@@ -8914,12 +8914,16 @@
       S.EmitRelatedResultTypeNoteForReturn(destType);
   }
   QualType fromType = op->getType();
-  auto *fromDecl = fromType.getTypePtr()->getPointeeCXXRecordDecl();
-  auto *destDecl = destType.getTypePtr()->getPointeeCXXRecordDecl();
+  QualType fromPointeeType = fromType.getCanonicalType()->getPointeeType();
+  QualType destPointeeType = destType.getCanonicalType()->getPointeeType();
+  auto *fromDecl = fromType->getPointeeCXXRecordDecl();
+  auto *destDecl = destType->getPointeeCXXRecordDecl();
   if (fromDecl && destDecl && fromDecl->getDeclKind() == Decl::CXXRecord &&
       destDecl->getDeclKind() == Decl::CXXRecord &&
       !fromDecl->isInvalidDecl() && !destDecl->isInvalidDecl() &&
-      !fromDecl->hasDefinition())
+      !fromDecl->hasDefinition() &&
+      destPointeeType.getQualifiers().compatiblyIncludes(
+          fromPointeeType.getQualifiers()))
     S.Diag(fromDecl->getLocation(), diag::note_forward_class_conversion)
         << S.getASTContext().getTagDeclType(fromDecl)
         << S.getASTContext().getTagDeclType(destDecl);
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/pointer-forward-declared-class-conversion.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/pointer-forward-declared-class-conversion.cpp
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/pointer-forward-declared-class-conversion.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/pointer-forward-declared-class-conversion.cpp
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@
 template <class C> class B2;
 B2<int> *b2;
 A2<int> *a2 = b2; // expected-error{{cannot initialize a variable of type 'A2<int> *' with an lvalue of type 'B2<int> *'}}
+
+typedef struct S s;
+const s *f();
+s *g1() { return f(); } // expected-error{{cannot initialize return object of type 's *' (aka 'S *') with an rvalue of type 'const s *' (aka 'const S *')}}
+
+B1 *g2() { return f(); } // expected-error{{cannot initialize return object of type 'B1 *' with an rvalue of type 'const s *' (aka 'const S *')}}
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