diff --git a/src/Parser.zig b/src/Parser.zig
index 44f12a2a..b44470c3 100644
--- a/src/Parser.zig
+++ b/src/Parser.zig
@@ -2365,7 +2365,9 @@ fn enumSpec(p: *Parser) Error!Type {
         // check if this is a reference to a previous type
         const interned_name = try p.comp.intern(p.tokSlice(ident));
         if (try p.syms.findTag(p, interned_name, .keyword_enum, ident, p.tok_ids[p.tok_i])) |prev| {
-            try p.checkEnumFixedTy(fixed_ty, ident, prev);
+            // only check fixed underlying type in forward declarations and not in references.
+            if (p.tok_ids[p.tok_i] == .semicolon)
+                try p.checkEnumFixedTy(fixed_ty, ident, prev);
             return prev.ty;
         } else {
             // this is a forward declaration, create a new enum Type.
diff --git a/test/cases/enum fixed.c b/test/cases/enum fixed.c
index 10339404..d02b7484 100644
--- a/test/cases/enum fixed.c	
+++ b/test/cases/enum fixed.c	
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ enum E6: char {
     a = 0u,
 };
 
+enum E e;
+enum E: int;
+void fn(enum E);
+
 #define EXPECTED_ERRORS "enum fixed.c:2:7: warning: enumeration types with a fixed underlying type are a Clang extension [-Wfixed-enum-extension]" \
     "enum fixed.c:4:6: error: enumeration previously declared with fixed underlying type" \
     "enum fixed.c:2:6: note: previous definition is here" \