diff --git a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
index ec84cbda9736..b5868cbc63db 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
@@ -1535,15 +1535,15 @@ fn print_path_(s: @ps,
 
         print_ident(s, segment.identifier);
 
-        if segment.lifetime.is_some() || !segment.types.is_empty() {
-            // If this is the last segment, print the bounds.
-            if i == path.segments.len() - 1 {
-                match *opt_bounds {
-                    None => {}
-                    Some(ref bounds) => print_bounds(s, bounds, true),
-                }
+        // If this is the last segment, print the bounds.
+        if i == path.segments.len() - 1 {
+            match *opt_bounds {
+                None => {}
+                Some(ref bounds) => print_bounds(s, bounds, true),
             }
+        }
 
+        if segment.lifetime.is_some() || !segment.types.is_empty() {
             if colons_before_params {
                 word(s.s, "::")
             }
diff --git a/src/test/pretty/path-type-bounds.rs b/src/test/pretty/path-type-bounds.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a62fbdeeb185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/pretty/path-type-bounds.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// pp-exact
+
+trait Tr { }
+impl Tr for int;
+
+fn foo(x: ~Tr: Freeze) -> ~Tr: Freeze { x }
+
+fn main() {
+    let x: ~Tr: Freeze;
+
+    ~1 as ~Tr: Freeze;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-7673-cast-generically-implemented-trait.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-7673-cast-generically-implemented-trait.rs
index 1492b5895bae..2f2b736294a5 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/issue-7673-cast-generically-implemented-trait.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-7673-cast-generically-implemented-trait.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-// xfail-pretty #9253 pretty printer doesn't preserve the bounds on trait objects
-
 /*
 
 #7673 Polymorphically creating traits barely works