diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index 7e44e0c86dbfdf2fb60cdc595c0312e2e0dda340..b8dcd0a1a5568009bbb744f0225ecc8e897a582f 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -11292,6 +11292,7 @@ fn zirSwitchBlockErrUnion(sema: *Sema, block: *Block, inst: Zir.Inst.Index) Comp
         .runtime_loop = block.runtime_loop,
         .runtime_index = block.runtime_index,
         .error_return_trace_index = block.error_return_trace_index,
+        .want_safety = block.want_safety,
     };
     const merges = &child_block.label.?.merges;
     defer child_block.instructions.deinit(gpa);
diff --git a/test/cases/inherit_want_safety.zig b/test/cases/inherit_want_safety.zig
index 6a70e603a67ab84b463b3689456d481bdbc67546..a0c79952b8d167b9319fb70e9b00519cc4b6b0b2 100644
--- a/test/cases/inherit_want_safety.zig
+++ b/test/cases/inherit_want_safety.zig
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ pub export fn entry() usize {
             u += 1;
         },
     }
+    if (@as(error{}!usize, u)) |_| {
+        u += 1;
+    } else |e| switch (e) {
+        else => {
+            u += 1;
+        }
+    }
     return u;
 }