diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/check.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/check.rs
index 14c5f8d9f16da..728c3790098e7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/check.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/check.rs
@@ -1259,7 +1259,8 @@ pub(super) fn check_transparent<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, adt: ty::AdtDef<'tcx>)
                 ty::Tuple(list) => list.iter().try_for_each(|t| check_non_exhaustive(tcx, t)),
                 ty::Array(ty, _) => check_non_exhaustive(tcx, *ty),
                 ty::Adt(def, args) => {
-                    if !def.did().is_local() {
+                    if !def.did().is_local() && !tcx.has_attr(def.did(), sym::rustc_pub_transparent)
+                    {
                         let non_exhaustive = def.is_variant_list_non_exhaustive()
                             || def
                                 .variants()