diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/ASTImporter.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/ASTImporter.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/AST/ASTImporter.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/ASTImporter.cpp
@@ -3902,7 +3902,6 @@
   auto ToTInfo = importChecked(Err, D->getTypeSourceInfo());
   auto ToBitWidth = importChecked(Err, D->getBitWidth());
   auto ToInnerLocStart = importChecked(Err, D->getInnerLocStart());
-  auto ToInitializer = importChecked(Err, D->getInClassInitializer());
   if (Err)
     return std::move(Err);
   const Type *ToCapturedVLAType = nullptr;
@@ -3925,12 +3924,17 @@
     return std::move(Err);
   ToField->setAccess(D->getAccess());
   ToField->setLexicalDeclContext(LexicalDC);
-  if (ToInitializer)
-    ToField->setInClassInitializer(ToInitializer);
   ToField->setImplicit(D->isImplicit());
   if (ToCapturedVLAType)
     ToField->setCapturedVLAType(cast<VariableArrayType>(ToCapturedVLAType));
   LexicalDC->addDeclInternal(ToField);
+  // Import initializer only after the field was created, it may have recursive
+  // reference to the field.
+  auto ToInitializer = importChecked(Err, D->getInClassInitializer());
+  if (Err)
+    return std::move(Err);
+  if (ToInitializer)
+    ToField->setInClassInitializer(ToInitializer);
   return ToField;
 }
 
diff --git a/clang/unittests/AST/ASTImporterTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/AST/ASTImporterTest.cpp
--- a/clang/unittests/AST/ASTImporterTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/AST/ASTImporterTest.cpp
@@ -8107,6 +8107,23 @@
   EXPECT_TRUE(ToX->getInClassInitializer());
 }
 
+TEST_P(ASTImporterOptionSpecificTestBase, ImportRecursiveFieldInitializer) {
+  const char *Code =
+      R"(
+      class A {
+        int b{b};
+      };
+      )";
+  Decl *FromTU = getTuDecl(Code, Lang_CXX11);
+
+  auto *FromB =
+      FirstDeclMatcher<FieldDecl>().match(FromTU, fieldDecl(hasName("b")));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(FromB->hasInClassInitializer());
+
+  auto *ToB = Import(FromB, Lang_CXX11);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ToB->hasInClassInitializer());
+}
+
 TEST_P(ASTImporterOptionSpecificTestBase, isNewDecl) {
   Decl *FromTU = getTuDecl(
       R"(