1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/eval_context.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/eval_context.rs
index 8af69220e03..517994d4741 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/eval_context.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/eval_context.rs
@@ -899,7 +899,19 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
                 .local_to_op(self.frame(), mir::RETURN_PLACE, None)
                 .expect("return place should always be live");
             let dest = self.frame().return_place.clone();
-            let err = self.copy_op(&op, &dest, /*allow_transmute*/ true);
+            let err = if self.stack().len() == 1 {
+                // The initializer of constants and statics will get validated separately
+                // after the constant has been fully evaluated. While we could fall back to the default
+                // code path, that will cause -Zenforce-validity to cycle on static initializers.
+                // Reading from a static's memory is not allowed during its evaluation, and will always
+                // trigger a cycle error. Validation must read from the memory of the current item.
+                // For Miri this means we do not validate the root frame return value,
+                // but Miri anyway calls `read_target_isize` on that so separate validation
+                // is not needed.
+                self.copy_op_no_dest_validation(&op, &dest)
+            } else {
+                self.copy_op_allow_transmute(&op, &dest)
+            };
             trace!("return value: {:?}", self.dump_place(&dest));
             // We delay actually short-circuiting on this error until *after* the stack frame is
             // popped, since we want this error to be attributed to the caller, whose type defines