diff --git a/src/eval.rs b/src/eval.rs
index b87d735ce525..cfe856ec3a4d 100644
--- a/src/eval.rs
+++ b/src/eval.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use rustc::ty::{self, TyCtxt};
 use syntax::source_map::DUMMY_SP;
 
 use crate::{
-    struct_error, EnvVars, Evaluator, FnVal, HelpersEvalContextExt, InterpCx, InterpError,
+    EnvVars, Evaluator, FnVal, HelpersEvalContextExt, InterpCx, InterpError,
     InterpResult, MemoryExtra, MiriMemoryKind, Pointer, Scalar, StackPopCleanup, Tag,
     TlsEvalContextExt,
 };
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ pub fn eval_main<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, main_id: DefId, config: MiriConfig) {
                 };
 
                 let msg = format!("Miri evaluation error: {}", msg);
-                let mut err = struct_error(ecx.tcx.tcx.at(span), msg.as_str());
+                let mut err = {
+                    let new_tcx = ecx.tcx.tcx.at(span);
+                    new_tcx.sess.struct_span_err(new_tcx.span, msg.as_str())
+                };
                 let frames = ecx.generate_stacktrace(None);
                 err.span_label(span, msg);
                 // We iterate with indices because we need to look at the next frame (the caller).