diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/place.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/place.rs
index 4f96cb698915d..33161dfa52c7b 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/place.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/place.rs
@@ -410,6 +410,12 @@ where
                 stride * field
             }
             layout::FieldPlacement::Union(count) => {
+                // This is a narrow bug-fix for rust-lang/rust#69191: if we are
+                // trying to access absent field of uninhabited variant, then
+                // signal UB (but don't ICE the compiler).
+                if field >= count as u64 && base.layout.abi == layout::Abi::Uninhabited {
+                    throw_ub!(Unreachable);
+                }
                 assert!(
                     field < count as u64,
                     "Tried to access field {} of union {:#?} with {} fields",
diff --git a/src/test/ui/consts/issue-69191-ice-on-uninhabited-enum-field.rs b/src/test/ui/consts/issue-69191-ice-on-uninhabited-enum-field.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e22ddb0f5ae0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/consts/issue-69191-ice-on-uninhabited-enum-field.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// build-pass
+//
+// (this is deliberately *not* check-pass; I have confirmed that the bug in
+// question does not replicate when one uses `cargo check` alone.)
+
+pub enum Void {}
+
+enum UninhabitedUnivariant { _Variant(Void), }
+
+#[repr(C)]
+enum UninhabitedUnivariantC { _Variant(Void), }
+
+#[repr(i32)]
+enum UninhabitedUnivariant32 { _Variant(Void), }
+
+fn main() {
+    let _seed: UninhabitedUnivariant = None.unwrap();
+    match _seed {
+        UninhabitedUnivariant::_Variant(_x) => {}
+    }
+
+    let _seed: UninhabitedUnivariantC = None.unwrap();
+    match _seed {
+        UninhabitedUnivariantC::_Variant(_x) => {}
+    }
+
+    let _seed: UninhabitedUnivariant32 = None.unwrap();
+    match _seed {
+        UninhabitedUnivariant32::_Variant(_x) => {}
+    }
+}