diff --git a/serde/src/de/value.rs b/serde/src/de/value.rs
index 66bfdb2af..2f89e81dc 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/value.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/value.rs
@@ -907,6 +907,26 @@ where
         visitor.visit_seq(self.seq)
     }
 
+    fn deserialize_unit<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        // See test_internally_tagged_newtype_variant_containing_unit_struct
+        visitor.visit_unit()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_unit_struct<V>(
+        self,
+        _name: &'static str,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        // See test_internally_tagged_newtype_variant_containing_unit_struct
+        visitor.visit_unit()
+    }
+
     fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V>(
         self,
         _name: &str,
@@ -920,7 +940,7 @@ where
 
     forward_to_deserialize_any! {
         bool i8 i16 i32 i64 i128 u8 u16 u32 u64 u128 f32 f64 char str string
-        bytes byte_buf option unit unit_struct seq tuple
+        bytes byte_buf option seq tuple
         tuple_struct map struct enum identifier ignored_any
     }
 
@@ -1366,6 +1386,26 @@ where
         visitor.visit_enum(self)
     }
 
+    fn deserialize_unit<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        // See test_internally_tagged_newtype_variant_containing_unit_struct
+        visitor.visit_unit()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_unit_struct<V>(
+        self,
+        _name: &'static str,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        // See test_internally_tagged_newtype_variant_containing_unit_struct
+        visitor.visit_unit()
+    }
+
     fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V>(
         self,
         _name: &str,
@@ -1379,7 +1419,7 @@ where
 
     forward_to_deserialize_any! {
         bool i8 i16 i32 i64 i128 u8 u16 u32 u64 u128 f32 f64 char str string
-        bytes byte_buf option unit unit_struct seq tuple
+        bytes byte_buf option seq tuple
         tuple_struct map struct identifier ignored_any
     }
 
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
index 558d03ac7..29ce601b6 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_macros.rs
@@ -1919,6 +1919,25 @@ fn test_internally_tagged_newtype_variant_containing_unit_struct() {
             Token::MapEnd,
         ],
     );
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &Message::Info(Info).readable(),
+        &[
+            Token::Struct { name: "Message", len: 1 },
+            Token::Str("topic"),
+            Token::Str("Info"),
+            Token::StructEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &Message::Info(Info).readable(),
+        &[
+            Token::Seq { len: Some(1) },
+            Token::Str("Info"),
+            Token::SeqEnd,
+        ],
+    );
 }
 
 #[deny(safe_packed_borrows)]