diff --git a/serde/src/de/ignored_any.rs b/serde/src/de/ignored_any.rs
index a86e604da..68a644e0d 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/ignored_any.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/ignored_any.rs
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for IgnoredAny {
     where
         A: EnumAccess<'de>,
     {
-        let (IgnoredAny, content) = data.variant()?;
-        content.newtype_variant()
+        data.variant::<IgnoredAny>()?.1.newtype_variant()
     }
 }