diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
index f9bbcc1bbe08..852bd48a5eee 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
@@ -1684,12 +1684,15 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> AdtDef {
     pub fn sized_constraint(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx>) -> &'tcx [Ty<'tcx>] {
         match queries::adt_sized_constraint::try_get(tcx, DUMMY_SP, self.did) {
             Ok(tys) => tys,
-            Err(_) => {
+            Err(mut bug) => {
                 debug!("adt_sized_constraint: {:?} is recursive", self);
                 // This should be reported as an error by `check_representable`.
                 //
                 // Consider the type as Sized in the meanwhile to avoid
-                // further errors.
+                // further errors. Delay our `bug` diagnostic here to get
+                // emitted later as well in case we accidentally otherwise don't
+                // emit an error.
+                bug.delay_as_bug();
                 tcx.intern_type_list(&[tcx.types.err])
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/util.rs b/src/librustc/ty/util.rs
index 9cd6aa211187..bbbb8611f98a 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/util.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/util.rs
@@ -1069,11 +1069,15 @@ fn needs_drop_raw<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>,
     let needs_drop = |ty: Ty<'tcx>| -> bool {
         match ty::queries::needs_drop_raw::try_get(tcx, DUMMY_SP, param_env.and(ty)) {
             Ok(v) => v,
-            Err(_) => {
+            Err(mut bug) => {
                 // Cycles should be reported as an error by `check_representable`.
                 //
-                // Consider the type as not needing drop in the meanwhile to avoid
-                // further errors.
+                // Consider the type as not needing drop in the meanwhile to
+                // avoid further errors.
+                //
+                // In case we forgot to emit a bug elsewhere, delay our
+                // diagnostic to get emitted as a compiler bug.
+                bug.delay_as_bug();
                 false
             }
         }