diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index d28697127..844e26f52 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ function reconstruct(
     return copy(val)
 end
 
+reconstruct(d::Distribution, val) = deepcopy(val)
+
 # TODO: Implement no-op `reconstruct` for general array variates.
 
 reconstruct(d::Distribution, val::AbstractVector) = reconstruct(size(d), val)