diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/fn_queries.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/fn_queries.rs
index cdcebb61c2e8c..13489bcbb697c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/fn_queries.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/fn_queries.rs
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ pub fn is_parent_const_impl_raw(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def_id: LocalDefId) -> bool {
 /// report whether said intrinsic has a `rustc_const_{un,}stable` attribute. Otherwise, return
 /// `Constness::NotConst`.
 fn constness(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def_id: DefId) -> hir::Constness {
+    if let Some(value) = tcx.opt_default_constness(def_id) {
+        return value;
+    }
+
     let hir_id = tcx.hir().local_def_id_to_hir_id(def_id.expect_local());
     match tcx.hir().get(hir_id) {
-        hir::Node::Ctor(_) => hir::Constness::Const,
-
         hir::Node::ForeignItem(hir::ForeignItem { kind: hir::ForeignItemKind::Fn(..), .. }) => {
             // Intrinsics use `rustc_const_{un,}stable` attributes to indicate constness. All other
             // foreign items cannot be evaluated at compile-time.
@@ -46,12 +48,7 @@ fn constness(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def_id: DefId) -> hir::Constness {
             hir::Constness::Const
         }
 
-        hir::Node::Item(hir::Item { kind: hir::ItemKind::Const(..), .. })
-        | hir::Node::Item(hir::Item { kind: hir::ItemKind::Static(..), .. })
-        | hir::Node::TraitItem(hir::TraitItem { kind: hir::TraitItemKind::Const(..), .. })
-        | hir::Node::AnonConst(_)
-        | hir::Node::ImplItem(hir::ImplItem { kind: hir::ImplItemKind::Const(..), .. })
-        | hir::Node::ImplItem(hir::ImplItem {
+        hir::Node::ImplItem(hir::ImplItem {
             kind:
                 hir::ImplItemKind::Fn(
                     hir::FnSig {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder.rs b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder.rs
index 830417eea1a0a..6ec659f2429e5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder.rs
@@ -1332,6 +1332,21 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CrateMetadataRef<'a> {
         tcx.arena.alloc_from_iter(self.root.lang_items_missing.decode(self))
     }
 
+    fn get_constness(self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, id: DefIndex) -> hir::Constness {
+        let def_id = self.local_def_id(id);
+
+        if let Some(constness) = tcx.opt_default_constness(def_id) {
+            constness
+        } else {
+            self.cdata
+                .root
+                .tables
+                .constness
+                .get(self, id)
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("{:?} does not have constness", def_id))
+        }
+    }
+
     fn exported_symbols(
         self,
         tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder/cstore_impl.rs b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder/cstore_impl.rs
index c4dff8b3f48ed..c496325e9544d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder/cstore_impl.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder/cstore_impl.rs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ provide! { tcx, def_id, other, cdata,
     impl_parent => { table }
     impl_polarity => { table_direct }
     impl_defaultness => { table_direct }
-    constness => { table_direct }
+    constness => { cdata.get_constness(tcx, def_id.index) }
     coerce_unsized_info => { table }
     mir_const_qualif => { table }
     rendered_const => { table }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
index 8636c4465d46f..5934b68928f02 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
@@ -1724,6 +1724,29 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
     pub fn local_visibility(self, def_id: LocalDefId) -> Visibility {
         self.visibility(def_id).expect_local()
     }
+
+    /// The constness of an item that is independent of its signature.
+    ///
+    /// Only some items have a "default constness", such as `struct`s
+    /// which make no sense being constant, and `const`s which are always
+    /// constant.
+    pub fn opt_default_constness(self, def_id: DefId) -> Option<hir::Constness> {
+        match self.def_kind(def_id) {
+            DefKind::Struct
+            | DefKind::Union
+            | DefKind::Enum
+            | DefKind::TyAlias
+            | DefKind::OpaqueTy
+            | DefKind::ImplTraitPlaceholder => Some(hir::Constness::NotConst),
+            DefKind::Const
+            | DefKind::Static(_)
+            | DefKind::Ctor(_, _)
+            | DefKind::AssocConst
+            | DefKind::AnonConst
+            | DefKind::InlineConst => Some(hir::Constness::Const),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// A trait implemented for all `X<'a>` types that can be safely and