diff --git a/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
index d291e502c255..965d4597430f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
@@ -298,24 +298,12 @@ impl Attribute {
         Ok(result)
     }
 
-    pub fn parse_list<'a, T, F>(&self, sess: &'a ParseSess, mut f: F) -> PResult<'a, Vec<T>>
-        where F: FnMut(&mut Parser<'a>) -> PResult<'a, T>,
-    {
+    pub fn parse_derive_paths<'a>(&self, sess: &'a ParseSess) -> PResult<'a, Vec<Path>> {
         if self.tokens.is_empty() {
             return Ok(Vec::new());
         }
-        self.parse(sess, |parser| {
-            parser.expect(&token::OpenDelim(token::Paren))?;
-            let mut list = Vec::new();
-            while !parser.eat(&token::CloseDelim(token::Paren)) {
-                list.push(f(parser)?);
-                if !parser.eat(&token::Comma) {
-                   parser.expect(&token::CloseDelim(token::Paren))?;
-                    break
-                }
-            }
-            Ok(list)
-        })
+
+        self.parse(sess, |p| p.parse_derive_paths())
     }
 
     pub fn parse_meta<'a>(&self, sess: &'a ParseSess) -> PResult<'a, MetaItem> {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/proc_macro.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/proc_macro.rs
index e17bbf79fd5e..72062d2ffbf5 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/proc_macro.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/proc_macro.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use crate::errors::{Applicability, FatalError};
 use crate::ext::base::{self, *};
 use crate::ext::proc_macro_server;
 use crate::parse::{self, token};
-use crate::parse::parser::PathStyle;
 use crate::symbol::sym;
 use crate::tokenstream::{self, TokenStream};
 use crate::visit::Visitor;
@@ -205,8 +204,7 @@ crate fn collect_derives(cx: &mut ExtCtxt<'_>, attrs: &mut Vec<ast::Attribute>)
             return false;
         }
 
-        match attr.parse_list(cx.parse_sess,
-                              |parser| parser.parse_path_allowing_meta(PathStyle::Mod)) {
+        match attr.parse_derive_paths(cx.parse_sess) {
             Ok(traits) => {
                 result.extend(traits);
                 true
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser/path.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser/path.rs
index ca823991a2e5..1f48cc753048 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser/path.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser/path.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Like `parse_path`, but also supports parsing `Word` meta items into paths for
     /// backwards-compatibility. This is used when parsing derive macro paths in `#[derive]`
     /// attributes.
-    pub fn parse_path_allowing_meta(&mut self, style: PathStyle) -> PResult<'a, Path> {
+    fn parse_path_allowing_meta(&mut self, style: PathStyle) -> PResult<'a, Path> {
         let meta_ident = match self.token.kind {
             token::Interpolated(ref nt) => match **nt {
                 token::NtMeta(ref item) => match item.tokens.is_empty() {
@@ -129,6 +129,21 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         self.parse_path(style)
     }
 
+    /// Parse a list of paths inside `#[derive(path_0, ..., path_n)]`.
+    crate fn parse_derive_paths(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, Vec<Path>> {
+        self.expect(&token::OpenDelim(token::Paren))?;
+        let mut list = Vec::new();
+        while !self.eat(&token::CloseDelim(token::Paren)) {
+            let path = self.parse_path_allowing_meta(PathStyle::Mod)?;
+            list.push(path);
+            if !self.eat(&token::Comma) {
+                self.expect(&token::CloseDelim(token::Paren))?;
+                break
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(list)
+    }
+
     crate fn parse_path_segments(
         &mut self,
         segments: &mut Vec<PathSegment>,