diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Match.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Match.lean
index 224d28da6d..653d4288b0 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Match.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Match.lean
@@ -650,14 +650,10 @@ private def withElaboratedLHS {α} (ref : Syntax) (patternVarDecls : Array Patte
   If `type` or another local variables depends on a free variable in `toClear`, then it is not cleared.
 -/
 private def withToClear (toClear : Array FVarId) (type : Expr) (k : TermElabM α) : TermElabM α := do
-  let mut toClear := toClear
-  for localDecl in (← getLCtx) do
-    if isAuxDiscrName localDecl.userName || isAuxFunDiscrName localDecl.userName then
-      toClear := toClear.push localDecl.fvarId
   if toClear.isEmpty then
     k
   else
-    toClear ← sortFVarIds toClear
+    let toClear ← sortFVarIds toClear
     trace[Elab.match] ">> toClear {toClear.map mkFVar}"
     let mut lctx ← getLCtx
     let mut localInsts ← getLocalInstances
@@ -668,31 +664,40 @@ private def withToClear (toClear : Array FVarId) (type : Expr) (k : TermElabM α
           localInsts := localInsts.filter fun localInst => localInst.fvar.fvarId! != fvarId
     withLCtx lctx localInsts k
 
+
+private def withoutAuxDiscrs (matchType : Expr) (k : TermElabM α) : TermElabM α := do
+  let mut toClear := #[]
+  for localDecl in (← getLCtx) do
+    if isAuxDiscrName localDecl.userName || isAuxFunDiscrName localDecl.userName then
+      toClear := toClear.push localDecl.fvarId
+  withToClear toClear matchType k
+
 /--
   Elaborate the `match` alternative `alt` using the given `matchType`.
   The array `toClear` contains variables that must be cleared before elaborating the `rhs` because
   they have been generalized/refined.
 -/
 private def elabMatchAltView (alt : MatchAltView) (matchType : Expr) (toClear : Array FVarId) : ExceptT PatternElabException TermElabM (AltLHS × Expr) := withRef alt.ref do
-  let (patternVars, alt) ← collectPatternVars alt
-  trace[Elab.match] "patternVars: {patternVars}"
-  withPatternVars patternVars fun patternVarDecls => do
-    withElaboratedLHS alt.ref patternVarDecls alt.patterns matchType fun altLHS matchType => do
-      withLocalInstances altLHS.fvarDecls do
-        trace[Elab.match] "elabMatchAltView: {matchType}"
-        let matchType ← instantiateMVars matchType
-        -- If `matchType` is of the form `@m ...`, we create a new metavariable with the current scope.
-        -- This improves the effectiveness of the `isDefEq` default approximations
-        let matchType' ← if matchType.getAppFn.isMVar then mkFreshTypeMVar else pure matchType
-        withToClear toClear matchType' do
-          let rhs ← elabTermEnsuringType alt.rhs matchType'
-          -- We use all approximations to ensure the auxiliary type is defeq to the original one.
-          unless (← fullApproxDefEq <| isDefEq matchType' matchType) do
-            throwError "type mistmatch, alternative {← mkHasTypeButIsExpectedMsg matchType' matchType}"
-          let xs := altLHS.fvarDecls.toArray.map LocalDecl.toExpr
-          let rhs ← if xs.isEmpty then pure <| mkSimpleThunk rhs else mkLambdaFVars xs rhs
-          trace[Elab.match] "rhs: {rhs}"
-          return (altLHS, rhs)
+  withoutAuxDiscrs matchType do
+    let (patternVars, alt) ← collectPatternVars alt
+    trace[Elab.match] "patternVars: {patternVars}"
+    withPatternVars patternVars fun patternVarDecls => do
+      withElaboratedLHS alt.ref patternVarDecls alt.patterns matchType fun altLHS matchType => do
+        withLocalInstances altLHS.fvarDecls do
+          trace[Elab.match] "elabMatchAltView: {matchType}"
+          let matchType ← instantiateMVars matchType
+          -- If `matchType` is of the form `@m ...`, we create a new metavariable with the current scope.
+          -- This improves the effectiveness of the `isDefEq` default approximations
+          let matchType' ← if matchType.getAppFn.isMVar then mkFreshTypeMVar else pure matchType
+          withToClear toClear matchType' do
+            let rhs ← elabTermEnsuringType alt.rhs matchType'
+            -- We use all approximations to ensure the auxiliary type is defeq to the original one.
+            unless (← fullApproxDefEq <| isDefEq matchType' matchType) do
+              throwError "type mistmatch, alternative {← mkHasTypeButIsExpectedMsg matchType' matchType}"
+            let xs := altLHS.fvarDecls.toArray.map LocalDecl.toExpr
+            let rhs ← if xs.isEmpty then pure <| mkSimpleThunk rhs else mkLambdaFVars xs rhs
+            trace[Elab.match] "rhs: {rhs}"
+            return (altLHS, rhs)
 
 /--
   Collect problematic index for the "discriminant refinement feature". This method is invoked
diff --git a/tests/lean/interactive/discrsIssue.lean b/tests/lean/interactive/discrsIssue.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df05f1ce14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/interactive/discrsIssue.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+inductive Expr where
+  | nat  : Nat → Expr
+  | plus : Expr → Expr → Expr
+  | bool : Bool → Expr
+  | and  : Expr → Expr → Expr
+
+inductive Ty where
+  | nat
+  | bool
+  deriving DecidableEq
+
+inductive HasType : Expr → Ty → Prop
+  | nat  : HasType (.nat v) .nat
+  | plus : HasType a .nat → HasType b .nat → HasType (.plus a b) .nat
+  | bool : HasType (.bool v) .bool
+  | and  : HasType a .bool → HasType b .bool → HasType (.and a b) .bool
+
+theorem HasType.det (h₁ : HasType e t₁) (h₂ : HasType e t₂) : t₁ = t₂ := by
+  cases h₁ <;> cases h₂ <;> rfl
+
+inductive Maybe (p : α → Prop) where
+  | found : (a : α) → p a → Maybe p
+  | unknown
+
+notation "{{ " x " | " p " }}" => Maybe (fun x => p)
+
+def Expr.typeCheck (e : Expr) : {{ ty | HasType e ty }} :=
+  match e with
+  | nat ..   => .found .nat .nat
+  | bool ..  => .found .bool .bool
+  | plus a b =>
+    match a.typeCheck, b.typeCheck with
+    | .found .nat h₁, .found .nat h₂ => .found .nat (.plus h₁ h₂)
+                --^ $/lean/plainTermGoal
+     | _, _ => .unknown
+  | and a b =>
+    match a.typeCheck, b.typeCheck with
+    | .found .bool h₁, .found .bool h₂ => .found .bool (.and h₁ h₂)
+    | _, _ => .unknown
diff --git a/tests/lean/interactive/discrsIssue.lean.expected.out b/tests/lean/interactive/discrsIssue.lean.expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49fc6a0e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/interactive/discrsIssue.lean.expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{"textDocument": {"uri": "file://discrsIssue.lean"},
+ "position": {"line": 32, "character": 18}}
+{"range":
+ {"start": {"line": 32, "character": 18}, "end": {"line": 32, "character": 20}},
+ "goal":
+ "e a b : Expr\nh₁ : HasType a Ty.nat\nh₂ : HasType b Ty.nat\n⊢ HasType a Ty.nat"}