diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/rvalue.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/rvalue.rs
index e1d8b7546cf42..db5ac6a514fb4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/rvalue.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/rvalue.rs
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ pub(super) fn transmute_immediate<'a, 'tcx, Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>>(
     // While optimizations will remove no-op transmutes, they might still be
     // there in debug or things that aren't no-op in MIR because they change
     // the Rust type but not the underlying layout/niche.
-    if from_scalar == to_scalar && from_backend_ty == to_backend_ty {
+    if from_scalar == to_scalar {
         return imm;
     }
 
@@ -1142,7 +1142,13 @@ pub(super) fn transmute_immediate<'a, 'tcx, Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>>(
     assume_scalar_range(bx, imm, from_scalar, from_backend_ty);
 
     imm = match (from_scalar.primitive(), to_scalar.primitive()) {
-        (Int(..) | Float(_), Int(..) | Float(_)) => bx.bitcast(imm, to_backend_ty),
+        (Int(..) | Float(_), Int(..) | Float(_)) => {
+            if from_backend_ty == to_backend_ty {
+                imm
+            } else {
+                bx.bitcast(imm, to_backend_ty)
+            }
+        }
         (Pointer(..), Pointer(..)) => bx.pointercast(imm, to_backend_ty),
         (Int(..), Pointer(..)) => bx.ptradd(bx.const_null(bx.type_ptr()), imm),
         (Pointer(..), Int(..)) => {
diff --git a/tests/codegen/transmute-scalar.rs b/tests/codegen/transmute-scalar.rs
index c080259a9172e..c57ade58c30e4 100644
--- a/tests/codegen/transmute-scalar.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen/transmute-scalar.rs
@@ -55,3 +55,48 @@ pub fn ptr_to_int(p: *mut u16) -> usize {
 pub fn int_to_ptr(i: usize) -> *mut u16 {
     unsafe { std::mem::transmute(i) }
 }
+
+// This is the one case where signedness matters to transmuting:
+// the LLVM type is `i8` here because of `repr(i8)`,
+// whereas below with the `repr(u8)` it's `i1` in LLVM instead.
+#[repr(i8)]
+pub enum FakeBoolSigned {
+    False = 0,
+    True = 1,
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: define{{.*}}i8 @bool_to_fake_bool_signed(i1 zeroext %b)
+// CHECK: %_0 = zext i1 %b to i8
+// CHECK-NEXT: ret i8 %_0
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn bool_to_fake_bool_signed(b: bool) -> FakeBoolSigned {
+    unsafe { std::mem::transmute(b) }
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: define{{.*}}i1 @fake_bool_signed_to_bool(i8 %b)
+// CHECK: %_0 = trunc nuw i8 %b to i1
+// CHECK-NEXT: ret i1 %_0
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn fake_bool_signed_to_bool(b: FakeBoolSigned) -> bool {
+    unsafe { std::mem::transmute(b) }
+}
+
+#[repr(u8)]
+pub enum FakeBoolUnsigned {
+    False = 0,
+    True = 1,
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: define{{.*}}i1 @bool_to_fake_bool_unsigned(i1 zeroext %b)
+// CHECK: ret i1 %b
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn bool_to_fake_bool_unsigned(b: bool) -> FakeBoolUnsigned {
+    unsafe { std::mem::transmute(b) }
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: define{{.*}}i1 @fake_bool_unsigned_to_bool(i1 zeroext %b)
+// CHECK: ret i1 %b
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn fake_bool_unsigned_to_bool(b: FakeBoolUnsigned) -> bool {
+    unsafe { std::mem::transmute(b) }
+}