diff --git a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/lib/smol_str/src/borsh.rs b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/lib/smol_str/src/borsh.rs
index 527ce85a1746..b684a4910c96 100644
--- a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/lib/smol_str/src/borsh.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/lib/smol_str/src/borsh.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ impl BorshDeserialize for SmolStr {
             }))
         } else {
             // u8::vec_from_reader always returns Some on success in current implementation
-            let vec = u8::vec_from_reader(len, reader)?
-                .ok_or_else(|| Error::other("u8::vec_from_reader unexpectedly returned None"))?;
+            let vec = u8::vec_from_reader(len, reader)?.ok_or_else(|| {
+                Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "u8::vec_from_reader unexpectedly returned None")
+            })?;
             Ok(SmolStr::from(String::from_utf8(vec).map_err(|err| {
                 let msg = err.to_string();
                 Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData, msg)
diff --git a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/lib/smol_str/tests/test.rs b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/lib/smol_str/tests/test.rs
index 640e7df681c9..00fab2ee1c7f 100644
--- a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/lib/smol_str/tests/test.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/lib/smol_str/tests/test.rs
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ mod test_str_ext {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "borsh")]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "borsh", feature = "std"))]
 mod borsh_tests {
     use borsh::BorshDeserialize;
     use smol_str::{SmolStr, ToSmolStr};