diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Interp.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Interp.cpp
index be77657acabcc..49063cf755cc0 100644
--- a/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Interp.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/ByteCode/Interp.cpp
@@ -445,13 +445,7 @@ bool CheckConstant(InterpState &S, CodePtr OpPC, const Descriptor *Desc) {
   assert(Desc);
 
   const auto *D = Desc->asVarDecl();
-  if (!D || !D->hasGlobalStorage())
-    return true;
-
-  if (D == S.EvaluatingDecl)
-    return true;
-
-  if (D->isConstexpr())
+  if (!D || D == S.EvaluatingDecl || D->isConstexpr())
     return true;
 
   // If we're evaluating the initializer for a constexpr variable in C23, we may