diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExprConstant.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExprConstant.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExprConstant.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExprConstant.cpp
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@
 }
 
 llvm::Constant *ConstStructBuilder::Finalize(QualType Type) {
+  Type = Type.getNonReferenceType();
   RecordDecl *RD = Type->castAs<RecordType>()->getDecl();
   llvm::Type *ValTy = CGM.getTypes().ConvertType(Type);
   return Builder.build(ValTy, RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember());
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/merge-all-constants-references.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/merge-all-constants-references.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/merge-all-constants-references.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple x86_64-linux-gnu -emit-llvm -fmerge-all-constants %s -o /dev/null
+
+struct A {
+};
+
+struct B {
+  const struct A& a = {};
+};
+
+void Test(const struct B&);
+
+void Run() {
+  Test({});
+}