diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
index 3e656b3e59405..a91ee34f2985e 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
@@ -1415,24 +1415,26 @@ impl Resolver {
                                            (ReducedGraphParent,
                                             vt<ReducedGraphParent>)) {
         let ident = variant.node.name;
-        let (child, _) = self.add_child(ident, parent, ForbidDuplicateValues,
-                                        variant.span);
-
-        let privacy;
-        match variant.node.vis {
-            public => privacy = Public,
-            private => privacy = Private,
-            inherited => privacy = parent_privacy
-        }
+
+        let privacy =
+            match variant.node.vis {
+                public    => Public,
+                private   => Private,
+                inherited => parent_privacy
+            };
 
         match variant.node.kind {
             tuple_variant_kind(_) => {
+                let (child, _) = self.add_child(ident, parent, ForbidDuplicateValues,
+                                                variant.span);
                 child.define_value(privacy,
                                    def_variant(item_id,
                                                local_def(variant.node.id)),
                                    variant.span);
             }
             struct_variant_kind(_) => {
+                let (child, _) = self.add_child(ident, parent, ForbidDuplicateTypesAndValues,
+                                                variant.span);
                 child.define_type(privacy,
                                   def_variant(item_id,
                                               local_def(variant.node.id)),
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/dup-struct-enum-struct-variant.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/dup-struct-enum-struct-variant.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..69e6b5c6856a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/dup-struct-enum-struct-variant.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+enum Foo { C { a: int, b: int } }
+struct C { a: int, b: int }         //~ ERROR error: duplicate definition of type `C`
+
+struct A { x: int }
+enum Bar { A { x: int } }           //~ ERROR error: duplicate definition of type `A`
+
+fn main() {}