diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
index 15c2913c7546..84d8d62c8362 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
                 ForeignItemKind::TyAlias(..) => hir::ForeignItemKind::Type,
                 ForeignItemKind::MacCall(_) => panic!("macro shouldn't exist here"),
             },
-            vis: self.lower_visibility(&i.vis),
+            vis_span: self.lower_span(i.vis.span),
             span: self.lower_span(i.span),
         };
         self.arena.alloc(item)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
index d5ca81ef5960..6c4403be7436 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@ pub struct ForeignItem<'hir> {
     pub kind: ForeignItemKind<'hir>,
     pub def_id: LocalDefId,
     pub span: Span,
-    pub vis: Visibility<'hir>,
+    pub vis_span: Span,
 }
 
 impl ForeignItem<'_> {
@@ -3351,5 +3351,5 @@ mod size_asserts {
     rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size!(super::Item<'static>, 184);
     rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size!(super::TraitItem<'static>, 128);
     rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size!(super::ImplItem<'static>, 144);
-    rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size!(super::ForeignItem<'static>, 136);
+    rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size!(super::ForeignItem<'static>, 112);
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
index 99c0d50e27ad..f8488930af21 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for UnreachablePub {
 
     fn check_foreign_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, foreign_item: &hir::ForeignItem<'tcx>) {
         if cx.tcx.visibility(foreign_item.def_id).is_public() {
-            self.perform_lint(cx, "item", foreign_item.def_id, foreign_item.vis.span, true);
+            self.perform_lint(cx, "item", foreign_item.def_id, foreign_item.vis_span, true);
         }
     }