diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/Interp/ByteCodeExprGen.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/Interp/ByteCodeExprGen.cpp
index 79b0a3857d075..40a06b3b80ac0 100644
--- a/clang/lib/AST/Interp/ByteCodeExprGen.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/Interp/ByteCodeExprGen.cpp
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@ bool ByteCodeExprGen<Emitter>::VisitAbstractConditionalOperator(
 
 template <class Emitter>
 bool ByteCodeExprGen<Emitter>::VisitStringLiteral(const StringLiteral *E) {
+  if (DiscardResult)
+    return true;
   unsigned StringIndex = P.createGlobalString(E);
   return this->emitGetPtrGlobal(StringIndex, E);
 }
@@ -623,6 +625,8 @@ bool ByteCodeExprGen<Emitter>::VisitStringLiteral(const StringLiteral *E) {
 template <class Emitter>
 bool ByteCodeExprGen<Emitter>::VisitCharacterLiteral(
     const CharacterLiteral *E) {
+  if (DiscardResult)
+    return true;
   return this->emitConst(E->getValue(), E);
 }
 
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/Interp/literals.cpp b/clang/test/AST/Interp/literals.cpp
index b8467b86c4c90..64ba381057c45 100644
--- a/clang/test/AST/Interp/literals.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/AST/Interp/literals.cpp
@@ -901,6 +901,8 @@ namespace DiscardExprs {
     (int[]){1,2,3};
     int arr[] = {1,2,3};
     arr[0];
+    "a";
+    'b';
 
     return 0;
   }