diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/src/index.js
index 34cd6ef7a9c4..88057b7ad0bc 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/src/index.js
@@ -111,43 +111,40 @@ export default declare((api, options) => {
       }
     }
 
-    pushAssignmentPattern(pattern, valueRef) {
+    pushAssignmentPattern({ left, right }, valueRef) {
       // we need to assign the current value of the assignment to avoid evaluating
       // it more than once
+      const tempId = this.scope.generateUidIdentifierBasedOnNode(valueRef);
 
-      const tempValueRef = this.scope.generateUidBasedOnNode(valueRef);
-
-      const declar = t.variableDeclaration("var", [
-        t.variableDeclarator(t.identifier(tempValueRef), valueRef),
-      ]);
-      declar._blockHoist = this.blockHoist;
-      this.nodes.push(declar);
-
-      //
+      this.nodes.push(this.buildVariableDeclaration(tempId, valueRef));
 
       const tempConditional = t.conditionalExpression(
         t.binaryExpression(
           "===",
-          t.identifier(tempValueRef),
+          t.cloneNode(tempId),
           this.scope.buildUndefinedNode(),
         ),
-        pattern.right,
-        t.identifier(tempValueRef),
+        right,
+        t.cloneNode(tempId),
       );
 
-      const left = pattern.left;
       if (t.isPattern(left)) {
-        const tempValueDefault = t.expressionStatement(
-          t.assignmentExpression(
-            "=",
-            t.identifier(tempValueRef),
-            tempConditional,
-          ),
-        );
-        tempValueDefault._blockHoist = this.blockHoist;
+        let patternId;
+        let node;
+
+        if (this.kind === "const") {
+          patternId = this.scope.generateUidIdentifier(tempId.name);
+          node = this.buildVariableDeclaration(patternId, tempConditional);
+        } else {
+          patternId = tempId;
+
+          node = t.expressionStatement(
+            t.assignmentExpression("=", t.cloneNode(tempId), tempConditional),
+          );
+        }
 
-        this.nodes.push(tempValueDefault);
-        this.push(left, t.identifier(tempValueRef));
+        this.nodes.push(node);
+        this.push(left, patternId);
       } else {
         this.nodes.push(this.buildVariableAssignment(left, tempConditional));
       }
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/exec.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/exec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e05920b47f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/exec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const getState = () => ({});
+
+const { data: { courses: oldCourses = [] } = {} } = getState();
+
+assert.deepEqual(oldCourses, []);
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/input.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09e29d6f8b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const { data: { courses: oldCourses = [] } = {} } = getState();
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84e28c07f51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "plugins": ["transform-destructuring"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/output.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..708ac3713300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/test/fixtures/destructuring/const/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const _getState = getState(),
+      _getState$data = _getState.data,
+      _getState$data2 = _getState$data === void 0 ? {} : _getState$data,
+      _getState$data2$cours = _getState$data2.courses,
+      oldCourses = _getState$data2$cours === void 0 ? [] : _getState$data2$cours;