diff --git a/src/Type.cc b/src/Type.cc
index efe3d254c5..92c1db6a1c 100644
--- a/src/Type.cc
+++ b/src/Type.cc
@@ -1091,6 +1091,9 @@ EnumType::EnumType(const EnumType* e)
 		names[it->first] = it->second;
 
 	vals = e->vals;
+
+	for ( auto& kv : vals )
+		::Ref(kv.second);
 	}
 
 EnumType* EnumType::ShallowClone()
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.enum-multiple-decls/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.enum-multiple-decls/out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2628c1e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.enum-multiple-decls/out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ONE
diff --git a/testing/btest/language/enum-multiple-decls.zeek b/testing/btest/language/enum-multiple-decls.zeek
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f921ca120f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/language/enum-multiple-decls.zeek
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: zeek -b %INPUT >out
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff out
+
+# At the moment, it's legal to allow a double definitions.  Internally, the
+# reason/comment is: "so that we can define an enum both in a *.bif and *.zeek
+# for avoiding cyclic dependencies."
+
+type myenum: enum { ONE = 0x01 };
+type myenum: enum { ONE = 0x01 };
+print ONE;