diff --git a/Lib/enum.py b/Lib/enum.py
index fec1aed9b25c11..f7452f0cc0aaa5 100644
--- a/Lib/enum.py
+++ b/Lib/enum.py
@@ -563,8 +563,10 @@ def __new__(cls, value):
         # by-value search for a matching enum member
         # see if it's in the reverse mapping (for hashable values)
         try:
-            if value in cls._value2member_map_:
-                return cls._value2member_map_[value]
+            return cls._value2member_map_[value]
+        except KeyError:
+            # Not found, no need to do long O(n) search
+            pass
         except TypeError:
             # not there, now do long search -- O(n) behavior
             for member in cls._member_map_.values():
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-26-02-28-00.bpo-35585.Lkzd3Z.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-26-02-28-00.bpo-35585.Lkzd3Z.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..247a4ae6800feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-12-26-02-28-00.bpo-35585.Lkzd3Z.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Speed-up building enums by value, e.g. http.HTTPStatus(200).