diff --git a/src/librustc/ich/impls_ty.rs b/src/librustc/ich/impls_ty.rs
index 4f691c0d3948..2dfb2d0bffc6 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ich/impls_ty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ich/impls_ty.rs
@@ -417,10 +417,15 @@ impl<'a> HashStable<StableHashingContext<'a>> for mir::interpret::Allocation {
         }
         self.undef_mask.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
         self.align.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
-        self.mutable.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
+        self.runtime_mutability.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
     }
 }
 
+impl_stable_hash_for!(enum ::syntax::ast::Mutability {
+    Immutable,
+    Mutable
+});
+
 impl_stable_hash_for!(struct mir::interpret::Pointer{primval});
 
 impl_stable_hash_for!(enum mir::interpret::PrimVal {
diff --git a/src/librustc/mir/interpret/mod.rs b/src/librustc/mir/interpret/mod.rs
index c395be549a39..b621f3f3731a 100644
--- a/src/librustc/mir/interpret/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/mir/interpret/mod.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use ty;
 use ty::layout::{self, Align, HasDataLayout};
 use middle::region;
 use std::iter;
+use syntax::ast::Mutability;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Lock {
@@ -169,8 +170,10 @@ pub struct Allocation {
     pub undef_mask: UndefMask,
     /// The alignment of the allocation to detect unaligned reads.
     pub align: Align,
-    /// Whether the allocation should be put into mutable memory when translating via llvm
-    pub mutable: bool,
+    /// Whether the allocation (of a static) should be put into mutable memory when translating
+    /// 
+    /// Only happens for `static mut` or `static` with interior mutability
+    pub runtime_mutability: Mutability,
 }
 
 impl Allocation {
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ impl Allocation {
             relocations: BTreeMap::new(),
             undef_mask,
             align: Align::from_bytes(1, 1).unwrap(),
-            mutable: false,
+            runtime_mutability: Mutability::Immutable,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/memory.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/memory.rs
index a22158c73345..e67c36779111 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/memory.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/memory.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl<'a, 'mir, 'tcx, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> Memory<'a, 'mir, 'tcx, M> {
             relocations: BTreeMap::new(),
             undef_mask: UndefMask::new(size),
             align,
-            mutable: false,
+            runtime_mutability: Mutability::Immutable,
         };
         let id = self.tcx.interpret_interner.reserve();
         M::add_lock(self, id);
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ impl<'a, 'mir, 'tcx, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> Memory<'a, 'mir, 'tcx, M> {
         let uninit = self.uninitialized_statics.remove(&alloc_id);
         if let Some(mut alloc) = alloc.or(uninit) {
             // ensure llvm knows not to put this into immutable memroy
-            alloc.mutable = mutability == Mutability::Mutable;
+            alloc.runtime_mutability = mutability;
             let alloc = self.tcx.intern_const_alloc(alloc);
             self.tcx.interpret_interner.intern_at_reserved(alloc_id, alloc);
             // recurse into inner allocations
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/mir/constant.rs b/src/librustc_trans/mir/constant.rs
index 1b470665cd9c..c7a0724c1e72 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/mir/constant.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/mir/constant.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use common::{C_bytes, C_struct, C_uint_big, C_undef, C_usize};
 use consts;
 use type_of::LayoutLlvmExt;
 use type_::Type;
+use syntax::ast::Mutability;
 
 use super::super::callee;
 use super::FunctionCx;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn primval_to_llvm(cx: &CodegenCx,
                 } else if let Some(alloc) = cx.tcx.interpret_interner
                                               .get_alloc(ptr.alloc_id) {
                     let init = global_initializer(cx, alloc);
-                    if alloc.mutable {
+                    if alloc.runtime_mutability == Mutability::Mutable {
                         consts::addr_of_mut(cx, init, alloc.align, "byte_str")
                     } else {
                         consts::addr_of(cx, init, alloc.align, "byte_str")