diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/sty.rs b/src/librustc/ty/sty.rs
index 77b8ebba2166..14da3875cdd7 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/sty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/sty.rs
@@ -1863,6 +1863,12 @@ impl<'tcx> TyS<'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Tests if this is any kind of primitive pointer type (reference, raw pointer, fn pointer).
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn is_any_ptr(&self) -> bool {
+        self.is_region_ptr() || self.is_unsafe_ptr() || self.is_fn_ptr()
+    }
+
     /// Returns `true` if this type is an `Arc<T>`.
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_arc(&self) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/cast.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/cast.rs
index fb4329ee0e32..edddbc885006 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/cast.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/cast.rs
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
                 assert!(
                     src.layout.ty.is_bool()       || src.layout.ty.is_char()     ||
                     src.layout.ty.is_enum()       || src.layout.ty.is_integral() ||
-                    src.layout.ty.is_unsafe_ptr() || src.layout.ty.is_fn_ptr()   ||
-                    src.layout.ty.is_region_ptr(),
+                    src.layout.ty.is_any_ptr(),
                     "Unexpected cast from type {:?}", src.layout.ty
                 )
         }
@@ -143,8 +142,7 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
         }
 
         // Handle casting any ptr to raw ptr (might be a fat ptr).
-        if (src.layout.ty.is_region_ptr() || src.layout.ty.is_unsafe_ptr() || src.layout.ty.is_fn_ptr()) &&
-            dest_layout.ty.is_unsafe_ptr()
+        if src.layout.ty.is_any_ptr() && dest_layout.ty.is_unsafe_ptr()
         {
             // The only possible size-unequal case was handled above.
             assert_eq!(src.layout.size, dest_layout.size);
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/operator.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/operator.rs
index 504bd0a67bc4..24bb71241008 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/operator.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/operator.rs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
                 let r = self.force_bits(right.to_scalar()?, right.layout.size)?;
                 self.binary_int_op(bin_op, l, left.layout, r, right.layout)
             }
-            _ if left.layout.ty.is_unsafe_ptr() || left.layout.ty.is_fn_ptr() => {
+            _ if left.layout.ty.is_any_ptr() => {
                 // The RHS type must be the same *or an integer type* (for `Offset`)
                 assert!(
                     right.layout.ty == left.layout.ty || right.layout.ty.is_integral(),
diff --git a/src/test/ui/consts/const-eval/match-test-ptr-null.rs b/src/test/ui/consts/const-eval/match-test-ptr-null.rs
index 9c930221e73e..5b89b0262aca 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/consts/const-eval/match-test-ptr-null.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/consts/const-eval/match-test-ptr-null.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 fn main() {
     // Make sure match uses the usual pointer comparison code path -- i.e., it should complain
     // that pointer comparison is disallowed, not that parts of a pointer are accessed as raw