diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
index e731e8a5ce21..91eb068e845a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
@@ -896,8 +896,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b:'a, 'tcx:'b> ImportResolver<'a, 'b, 'tcx> {
 
         match target {
             Some(ref target) if target.shadowable != Shadowable::Always => {
-                use syntax::ast_map::NodeItem;
-
                 let ns_word = match namespace {
                     TypeNS => "type",
                     ValueNS => "value",
@@ -907,12 +905,11 @@ impl<'a, 'b:'a, 'tcx:'b> ImportResolver<'a, 'b, 'tcx> {
                            in this module", ns_word,
                                   &token::get_name(name));
                 let use_id = import_resolution.id(namespace);
-                if let NodeItem(item) = self.resolver.ast_map.get(use_id) {
-                    // item is syntax::ast::Item;
-                    span_note!(self.resolver.session, item.span,
-                               "previous import of `{}` here",
-                               token::get_name(name));
-                }
+                let item = self.resolver.ast_map.expect_item(use_id);
+                // item is syntax::ast::Item;
+                span_note!(self.resolver.session, item.span,
+                            "previous import of `{}` here",
+                            token::get_name(name));
             }
             Some(_) | None => {}
         }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/double-import.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/double-import.rs
index e564d39f80de..cbf13c0a5590 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/double-import.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/double-import.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #![feature(no_std)]
 #![no_std]
 
+// This tests that conflicting imports shows both `use` lines
+// when reporting the error.
 
 mod sub1 {
     fn foo() {} // implementation 1