diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/StructInst.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/StructInst.lean
index bfa99d8ef1..336cf1c698 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/StructInst.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/StructInst.lean
@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ instance Struct.inhabited : Inhabited Struct := ⟨⟨arbitrary _, arbitrary _,
 
 abbrev Fields := List (Field Struct)
 
+/- true if all fields of the given structure are marked as `default` -/
+partial def Struct.allDefault : Struct → Bool
+| ⟨_, _, fields, _⟩ => fields.all fun ⟨_, _, val, _⟩ => match val with
+  | FieldVal.term _   => false
+  | FieldVal.default  => true
+  | FieldVal.nested s => Struct.allDefault s
+
 def Struct.ref : Struct → Syntax
 | ⟨ref, _, _, _⟩ => ref
 
@@ -493,6 +500,11 @@ annotation? `structInstDefault e
 def throwFailedToElabField {α} (fieldName : Name) (structName : Name) (msgData : MessageData) : TermElabM α :=
 throwError ("failed to elaborate field '" ++ fieldName ++ "' of '" ++ structName ++ ", " ++ msgData)
 
+def trySynthStructInstance? (s : Struct) (expectedType : Expr) : TermElabM (Option Expr) :=
+if !s.allDefault then pure none
+else
+  catch (synthInstance? expectedType) (fun _ => pure none)
+
 private partial def elabStruct : Struct → Option Expr → TermElabM (Expr × Struct)
 | s, expectedType? => withRef s.ref do
   env ← getEnv;
@@ -514,7 +526,11 @@ private partial def elabStruct : Struct → Option Expr → TermElabM (Expr × S
           };
           match field.val with
           | FieldVal.term stx => do val ← elabTermEnsuringType stx d; continue val field
-          | FieldVal.nested s => do (val, sNew) ← elabStruct s (some d); val ← ensureHasType d val; continue val { field with val := FieldVal.nested sNew }
+          | FieldVal.nested s => do
+            val? ← trySynthStructInstance? s d; -- if all fields of `s` are marked as `default`, then try to synthesize instance
+            match val? with
+            | some val => continue val { field with val := FieldVal.term (mkHole field.ref) }
+            | none     => do(val, sNew) ← elabStruct s (some d); val ← ensureHasType d val; continue val { field with val := FieldVal.nested sNew }
           | FieldVal.default  => do val ← withRef field.ref $ mkFreshExprMVar (some d); continue (markDefaultMissing val) field
         | _ => withRef field.ref $ throwFailedToElabField fieldName s.structName ("unexpected constructor type" ++ indentExpr type)
       | _ => throwErrorAt field.ref "unexpected unexpanded structure field")
diff --git a/tests/lean/run/unexpected_result_with_bind.lean b/tests/lean/run/unexpected_result_with_bind.lean
index 14fc46b635..4d454bc6f4 100644
--- a/tests/lean/run/unexpected_result_with_bind.lean
+++ b/tests/lean/run/unexpected_result_with_bind.lean
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+new_frontend
 namespace Repro
 
 def FooM (α : Type) : Type := Unit → α
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ def FooM.run {α : Type} (ψ : FooM α) (x : Unit) : α := ψ x
 def bind {α β : Type} : ∀ (ψ₁ : FooM α) (ψ₂ : α → FooM β), FooM β
 | ψ₁, ψ₂ => λ _ => ψ₂ (ψ₁.run ()) ()
 
-instance : HasPure FooM := ⟨λ _ x => λ _ => x⟩
+instance : HasPure FooM := ⟨λ x => λ _ => x⟩
 instance : HasBind FooM := ⟨@bind⟩
 instance : Monad FooM := {}