diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/simplify.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/simplify.rs
index 065c93e86a866..14b7fb9ce6fff 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/simplify.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/simplify.rs
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
             PatKind::Variant { adt_def, args, variant_index, ref subpatterns } => {
                 let irrefutable = adt_def.variants().iter_enumerated().all(|(i, v)| {
                     i == variant_index || {
-                        self.tcx.features().exhaustive_patterns
+                        (self.tcx.features().exhaustive_patterns
+                            || self.tcx.features().min_exhaustive_patterns)
                             && !v
                                 .inhabited_predicate(self.tcx, adt_def)
                                 .instantiate(self.tcx, args)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/pattern/check_match.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/pattern/check_match.rs
index 1156e8be13e74..692f4511bb807 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/pattern/check_match.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/pattern/check_match.rs
@@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ impl<'p, 'tcx> MatchVisitor<'p, 'tcx> {
 
         // Emit an extra note if the first uncovered witness would be uninhabited
         // if we disregard visibility.
-        let witness_1_is_privately_uninhabited = if self.tcx.features().exhaustive_patterns
+        let witness_1_is_privately_uninhabited = if (self.tcx.features().exhaustive_patterns
+            || self.tcx.features().min_exhaustive_patterns)
             && let Some(witness_1) = witnesses.get(0)
             && let ty::Adt(adt, args) = witness_1.ty().kind()
             && adt.is_enum()