https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96994
--- Comment #7 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So, what I see is that expand_default_init calls build_special_member_call for the default ctor, but because the default ctor is an immediate method, it returns a TARGET_EXPR with CONSTRUCTOR as the initializer, rather than a call. expand_default_init doesn't return anything, just appends the rval as statement, but that doesn't really do anything. So, one way to fix this would be in expand_default_init check for rval being a TARGET with TREE_CONSTANT as the initializer and if it is that, build an INIT_EXPR like it e.g. does that for constexpr ctors. --- gcc/cp/init.c.jj 2020-09-10 11:24:05.019805303 +0200 +++ gcc/cp/init.c 2020-09-14 15:06:59.467341241 +0200 @@ -1999,6 +1999,9 @@ expand_default_init (tree binfo, tree tr rval = build2 (INIT_EXPR, type, exp, e); } } + else if (TREE_CODE (rval) == TARGET_EXPR + && TREE_CONSTANT (TARGET_EXPR_INITIAL (rval))) + rval = build2 (INIT_EXPR, type, exp, rval); /* FIXME put back convert_to_void? */ if (TREE_SIDE_EFFECTS (rval)) fixes the testcase