diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/mod.rs
index e3f8f7cddaba..358a2bcc7b9e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/mod.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use rustc_middle::ty::{
 };
 use rustc_span::DUMMY_SP;
 
+use crate::solve::search_graph::overflow::OverflowHandler;
 use crate::traits::ObligationCause;
 
 mod assembly;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/mod.rs
index c25a9cddfe73..438bcd9a7d68 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mod cache;
-mod overflow;
+pub(crate) mod overflow;
 
 use self::cache::ProvisionalEntry;
 use super::{CanonicalGoal, Certainty, MaybeCause, QueryResult};
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct StackElem<'tcx> {
     has_been_used: bool,
 }
 
-pub(super) struct SearchGraph<'tcx> {
+pub(crate) struct SearchGraph<'tcx> {
     /// The stack of goals currently being computed.
     ///
     /// An element is *deeper* in the stack if its index is *lower*.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/overflow.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/overflow.rs
index c472dfe5a009..0d6863b1e813 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/overflow.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/search_graph/overflow.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,42 @@ impl OverflowData {
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) trait OverflowHandler<'tcx> {
+    fn search_graph(&mut self) -> &mut SearchGraph<'tcx>;
+
+    fn repeat_while_none<T>(
+        &mut self,
+        on_overflow: impl FnOnce(&mut Self) -> T,
+        mut loop_body: impl FnMut(&mut Self) -> Option<Result<T, NoSolution>>,
+    ) -> Result<T, NoSolution> {
+        let start_depth = self.search_graph().overflow_data.additional_depth;
+        let depth = self.search_graph().stack.len();
+        while !self.search_graph().overflow_data.has_overflow(depth) {
+            if let Some(result) = loop_body(self) {
+                self.search_graph().overflow_data.additional_depth = start_depth;
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            self.search_graph().overflow_data.additional_depth += 1;
+        }
+        self.search_graph().overflow_data.additional_depth = start_depth;
+        self.search_graph().overflow_data.deal_with_overflow();
+        Ok(on_overflow(self))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'tcx> OverflowHandler<'tcx> for EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
+    fn search_graph(&mut self) -> &mut SearchGraph<'tcx> {
+        &mut self.search_graph
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'tcx> OverflowHandler<'tcx> for SearchGraph<'tcx> {
+    fn search_graph(&mut self) -> &mut SearchGraph<'tcx> {
+        self
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'tcx> SearchGraph<'tcx> {
     pub fn deal_with_overflow(
         &mut self,
@@ -60,26 +96,3 @@ impl<'tcx> SearchGraph<'tcx> {
         response_no_constraints(tcx, goal, Certainty::Maybe(MaybeCause::Overflow))
     }
 }
-
-impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
-    /// A `while`-loop which tracks overflow.
-    pub fn repeat_while_none<T>(
-        &mut self,
-        mut overflow_body: impl FnMut(&mut Self) -> T,
-        mut loop_body: impl FnMut(&mut Self) -> Option<Result<T, NoSolution>>,
-    ) -> Result<T, NoSolution> {
-        let start_depth = self.search_graph.overflow_data.additional_depth;
-        let depth = self.search_graph.stack.len();
-        while !self.search_graph.overflow_data.has_overflow(depth) {
-            if let Some(result) = loop_body(self) {
-                self.search_graph.overflow_data.additional_depth = start_depth;
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            self.search_graph.overflow_data.additional_depth += 1;
-        }
-        self.search_graph.overflow_data.additional_depth = start_depth;
-        self.search_graph.overflow_data.deal_with_overflow();
-        Ok(overflow_body(self))
-    }
-}