diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseDefaultMemberInitCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseDefaultMemberInitCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseDefaultMemberInitCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseDefaultMemberInitCheck.cpp
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 
 void UseDefaultMemberInitCheck::checkExistingInit(
     const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result, const CXXCtorInitializer *Init) {
-  const FieldDecl *Field = Init->getMember();
+  const FieldDecl *Field = Init->getAnyMember();
 
   if (!sameValue(Field->getInClassInitializer(), Init->getInit()))
     return;
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/modernize-use-default-member-init.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/modernize-use-default-member-init.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/modernize-use-default-member-init.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/modernize-use-default-member-init.cpp
@@ -382,6 +382,16 @@
   const char *e4 = "bar";
 };
 
+struct UnionExisting {
+  UnionExisting() : e(5.0) {}
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:21: warning: member initializer for 'e' is redundant
+  // CHECK-FIXES: UnionExisting()  {}
+  union {
+    int i;
+    double e = 5.0;
+  };
+};
+
 template <typename T>
 struct NegativeTemplateExisting {
   NegativeTemplateExisting(int) : t(0) {}