diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Interp.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Interp.cpp
index 6f277a7488836..23fd894bd6a3e 100644
--- a/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Interp.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Interp.cpp
@@ -1323,8 +1323,6 @@ static bool getField(InterpState &S, CodePtr OpPC, const Pointer &Ptr,
       !CheckNull(S, OpPC, Ptr, CSK_Field))
     return false;
 
-  if (!CheckExtern(S, OpPC, Ptr))
-    return false;
   if (!CheckRange(S, OpPC, Ptr, CSK_Field))
     return false;
   if (!CheckArray(S, OpPC, Ptr))
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/ByteCode/cxx11.cpp b/clang/test/AST/ByteCode/cxx11.cpp
index 5daf6adf08cf5..cb05f26d11206 100644
--- a/clang/test/AST/ByteCode/cxx11.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/AST/ByteCode/cxx11.cpp
@@ -202,3 +202,9 @@ namespace GlobalInitializer {
                // both-note {{initializer of 'g' is unknown}}
   };
 }
+
+namespace ExternPointer {
+  struct S { int a; };
+  extern const S pu;
+  constexpr const int *pua = &pu.a; // Ok.
+}