diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/type_check/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/type_check/mod.rs
index a118fe2db712..4dc4fb6d8e93 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/type_check/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/type_check/mod.rs
@@ -1760,6 +1760,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
         }
         for (n, (fn_arg, op_arg)) in sig.inputs().iter().zip(args).enumerate() {
             let op_arg_ty = op_arg.ty(body, self.tcx());
+            let op_arg_ty = self.normalize(op_arg_ty, term_location);
             let category = if from_hir_call {
                 ConstraintCategory::CallArgument
             } else {
@@ -2402,6 +2403,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
                 }
             };
             let operand_ty = operand.ty(body, tcx);
+            let operand_ty = self.normalize(operand_ty, location);
 
             if let Err(terr) = self.sub_types(
                 operand_ty,
diff --git a/src/test/ui/consts/issue-70773-mir-typeck-lt-norm.rs b/src/test/ui/consts/issue-70773-mir-typeck-lt-norm.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07af83104241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/consts/issue-70773-mir-typeck-lt-norm.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// run-pass
+
+const HASH_LEN: usize = 20;
+struct Hash([u8; HASH_LEN]);
+fn init_hash(_: &mut [u8; HASH_LEN]) {}
+
+fn foo<'a>() -> &'a () {
+    Hash([0; HASH_LEN]);
+    init_hash(&mut [0; HASH_LEN]);
+    &()
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    foo();
+}