diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -13199,7 +13199,6 @@
     if (Type->isReferenceType()) {
       Diag(Var->getLocation(), diag::err_reference_var_requires_init)
           << Var << SourceRange(Var->getLocation(), Var->getLocation());
-      Var->setInvalidDecl();
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/ast-dump-invalid-initialized.cpp b/clang/test/AST/ast-dump-invalid-initialized.cpp
--- a/clang/test/AST/ast-dump-invalid-initialized.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/AST/ast-dump-invalid-initialized.cpp
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
   const A a2;
   // CHECK: `-VarDecl {{.*}} a3 'A'
   A a3 = garbage();
+  // CHECK: `-VarDecl {{.*}} a4 'const A &'
+  const A& a4;
 
 
-  // CHECK: `-VarDecl {{.*}} invalid b1 'const A &'
-  const A& b1;
   // CHECK: `-VarDecl {{.*}} invalid b2 'ForwardDecl'
   ForwardDecl b2;
   // CHECK: `-VarDecl {{.*}} invalid b3 'auto'