diff --git a/base/inference.jl b/base/inference.jl
index e2d3e6a6932ad..1050efba149b6 100644
--- a/base/inference.jl
+++ b/base/inference.jl
@@ -857,8 +857,10 @@ function precise_container_types(args, types, vtypes::VarTable, sv)
     result = cell(n)
     for i = 1:n
         ai = args[i]; ti = types[i]; tti = widenconst(ti)
-        if isa(ai,Expr) && ai.head === :call && (abstract_evals_to_constant(ai.args[1], svec, vtypes, sv) ||
-                                                 abstract_evals_to_constant(ai.args[1], tuple, vtypes, sv))
+        if isa(ti, Const) && (isa(ti.val, SimpleVector) || isa(ti.val, Tuple))
+            result[i] = Any[ abstract_eval_constant(x) for x in ti.val ]
+        elseif isa(ai,Expr) && ai.head === :call && (abstract_evals_to_constant(ai.args[1], svec, vtypes, sv) ||
+                                                     abstract_evals_to_constant(ai.args[1], tuple, vtypes, sv))
             aa = ai.args
             result[i] = Any[ (isa(aa[j],Expr) ? aa[j].typ : abstract_eval(aa[j],vtypes,sv)) for j=2:length(aa) ]
             if _any(isvarargtype, result[i])
diff --git a/test/inference.jl b/test/inference.jl
index 1dcf0b881dcb2..f1faa5f5b0fac 100644
--- a/test/inference.jl
+++ b/test/inference.jl
@@ -252,3 +252,10 @@ end
 let g() = Int <: Real ? 1 : ""
     @test Base.return_types(g, Tuple{}) == [Int]
 end
+
+# issue #10880
+function cat10880(a, b)
+    Tuple{a.parameters..., b.parameters...}
+end
+@test Base.return_types(cat10880, Tuple{Type{Tuple{Int8,Int16}},Type{Tuple{Int32}}})[1] ==
+    Type{Tuple{Int8,Int16,Int32}}