diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
index 3d8daf4e9a57..2323bf8e69e6 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
                                 AnchorFailure::Method
                             }))
                         } else {
-                            Ok((ty_res, Some(format!("{}.{}", kind, item_name))))
+                            let res = Res::Def(item.kind.as_def_kind(), item.def_id);
+                            Ok((res, Some(format!("{}.{}", kind, item_name))))
                         }
                     } else {
                         self.variant_field(path_str, current_item, module_id)
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/intra-link-trait-item.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/intra-link-trait-item.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70d36358fc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/intra-link-trait-item.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#![deny(broken_intra_doc_links_)]
+/// Link to [Default::default()]
+pub fn f() {}