diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/native_libs.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/native_libs.rs
index 87dca77be50ca..04afe56f1d6aa 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/native_libs.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/native_libs.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ItemLikeVisitor<'tcx> for Collector<'a, 'tcx> {
                         "dylib" => cstore::NativeUnknown,
                         "framework" => cstore::NativeFramework,
                         k => {
-                            struct_span_err!(self.tcx.sess, item.span, E0458,
+                            struct_span_err!(self.tcx.sess, item.span(), E0458,
                                       "unknown kind: `{}`", k)
                                 .span_label(item.span(), "unknown kind")
                                 .span_label(m.span, "").emit();