diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaStmt.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaStmt.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaStmt.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaStmt.cpp
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@
       E = TE->getSubExpr();
     if (isa<CXXTemporaryObjectExpr>(E))
       return;
+    if (isa<RecoveryExpr>(E))
+      return;
     if (const CXXConstructExpr *CE = dyn_cast<CXXConstructExpr>(E))
       if (const CXXRecordDecl *RD = CE->getType()->getAsCXXRecordDecl())
         if (!RD->getAttr<WarnUnusedAttr>())
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/recovery-expr-type.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/recovery-expr-type.cpp
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/recovery-expr-type.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/recovery-expr-type.cpp
@@ -75,3 +75,17 @@
   template<typename...Ts> U<Ts...>& f(); // expected-error {{pack expansion used as argument for non-pack parameter of alias template}}
   double &s1 = f(); // expected-error {{no matching function}}
 }
+
+namespace test6 {
+struct Base {
+private:
+  ~Base();
+};
+struct Derived : Base { // expected-note {{default constructor of}}
+};
+
+void func() {
+  // verify that no -Wunused-variable diagnostic on the inner Derived expression.
+  (Derived(Derived())); // expected-error {{call to implicitly-deleted default constructor}}
+}
+}