diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/intrinsics.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/intrinsics.c
index b1e5e767231470..ef77b7dc89f2ee 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/intrinsics.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/intrinsics.c
@@ -2079,7 +2079,9 @@ mini_emit_inst_for_method (MonoCompile *cfg, MonoMethod *cmethod, MonoMethodSign
 			MonoType *t = method_context->method_inst->type_argv [0];
 			MonoClass *arg0 = mono_class_from_mono_type_internal (t);
 			if (m_class_is_valuetype (arg0) && !mono_class_has_default_constructor (arg0, FALSE)) {
-				if (m_class_is_primitive (arg0)) {
+				if (m_class_is_primitive (arg0) || m_class_is_enumtype (arg0)) {
+					if (m_class_is_enumtype (arg0))
+						t = mono_class_enum_basetype_internal (arg0);
 					int dreg = alloc_dreg (cfg, mini_type_to_stack_type (cfg, t));
 					mini_emit_init_rvar (cfg, dreg, t);
 					ins = cfg->cbb->last_ins;