diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
index ede2b9beef49b..a83c7857fa646 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
@@ -4979,6 +4979,8 @@ static void TryReferenceListInitialization(Sema &S,
   if (Sequence) {
     if (DestType->isRValueReferenceType() ||
         (T1Quals.hasConst() && !T1Quals.hasVolatile())) {
+      Sequence.AddReferenceBindingStep(cv1T1IgnoreAS,
+                                       /*BindingTemporary=*/true);
       if (S.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus20 &&
           isa<IncompleteArrayType>(T1->getUnqualifiedDesugaredType()) &&
           DestType->isRValueReferenceType()) {
@@ -4988,10 +4990,11 @@ static void TryReferenceListInitialization(Sema &S,
         // ..., unless T is “reference to array of unknown bound of U”, in which
         // case the type of the prvalue is the type of x in the declaration U
         // x[] H, where H is the initializer list.
-        Sequence.AddQualificationConversionStep(cv1T1, clang::VK_PRValue);
+
+        // The call to AddReferenceBindingStep above converts the rvalue to an
+        // xvalue. Convert that xvalue to the incomplete array type.
+        Sequence.AddQualificationConversionStep(cv1T1, clang::VK_XValue);
       }
-      Sequence.AddReferenceBindingStep(cv1T1IgnoreAS,
-                                       /*BindingTemporary=*/true);
       if (T1Quals.hasAddressSpace())
         Sequence.AddQualificationConversionStep(
             cv1T1, DestType->isRValueReferenceType() ? VK_XValue : VK_LValue);