diff --git a/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp b/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
index f536701..3e710cf 100644
--- a/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
+++ b/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
@@ -510,8 +510,8 @@
   StructuredList->setSyntacticForm(IList);
   CheckListElementTypes(Entity, IList, T, /*SubobjectIsDesignatorContext=*/true, 
                         Index, StructuredList, StructuredIndex, TopLevelObject);
-  IList->setType(T);
-  StructuredList->setType(T);
+  IList->setType(T.getNonReferenceType());
+  StructuredList->setType(T.getNonReferenceType());
   if (hadError)
     return;
 
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@
     = new (SemaRef.Context) InitListExpr(InitRange.getBegin(), 0, 0,
                                          InitRange.getEnd());
 
-  Result->setType(CurrentObjectType);
+  Result->setType(CurrentObjectType.getNonReferenceType());
 
   // Pre-allocate storage for the structured initializer list.
   unsigned NumElements = 0;