diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/error_reporting.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/error_reporting.rs
index 10b283b16bf..156897aedb7 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/error_reporting.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/error_reporting.rs
@@ -481,14 +481,14 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
 
     pub(super) fn borrowed_content_source(
         &self,
-        deref_base: &Place<'tcx>,
+        deref_base: PlaceRef<'cx, 'tcx>,
     ) -> BorrowedContentSource<'tcx> {
         let tcx = self.infcx.tcx;
 
         // Look up the provided place and work out the move path index for it,
         // we'll use this to check whether it was originally from an overloaded
         // operator.
-        match self.move_data.rev_lookup.find(deref_base.as_place_ref()) {
+        match self.move_data.rev_lookup.find(deref_base) {
             LookupResult::Exact(mpi) | LookupResult::Parent(Some(mpi)) => {
                 debug!("borrowed_content_source: mpi={:?}", mpi);
 
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
 
         // If we didn't find an overloaded deref or index, then assume it's a
         // built in deref and check the type of the base.
-        let base_ty = deref_base.ty(self.body, tcx).ty;
+        let base_ty = Place::ty_from(deref_base.base, deref_base.projection, self.body, tcx).ty;
         if base_ty.is_unsafe_ptr() {
             BorrowedContentSource::DerefRawPointer
         } else if base_ty.is_mutable_pointer() {
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/move_errors.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/move_errors.rs
index b21d3698c83..38653dc0e5e 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/move_errors.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/move_errors.rs
@@ -312,18 +312,18 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             .find_map(|p| self.is_upvar_field_projection(p));
 
         let deref_base = match deref_target_place.projection {
-            Some(box Projection { ref base, elem: ProjectionElem::Deref }) => Place {
-                base: deref_target_place.base.clone(),
-                projection: base.clone(),
+            Some(box Projection { ref base, elem: ProjectionElem::Deref }) => PlaceRef {
+                base: &deref_target_place.base,
+                projection: base,
             },
             _ => bug!("deref_target_place is not a deref projection"),
         };
 
-        if let Place {
+        if let PlaceRef {
             base: PlaceBase::Local(local),
             projection: None,
         } = deref_base {
-            let decl = &self.body.local_decls[local];
+            let decl = &self.body.local_decls[*local];
             if decl.is_ref_for_guard() {
                 let mut err = self.cannot_move_out_of(
                     span,
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 diag
             }
             _ => {
-                let source = self.borrowed_content_source(&deref_base);
+                let source = self.borrowed_content_source(deref_base);
                 match (
                     self.describe_place(move_place.as_place_ref()),
                     source.describe_for_named_place(),
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mutability_errors.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mutability_errors.rs
index caaf344f781..c424c06c41a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mutability_errors.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mutability_errors.rs
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                     item_msg = format!("`{}`", access_place_desc.unwrap());
                     reason = ", as it is immutable for the pattern guard".to_string();
                 } else {
-                    let source = self.borrowed_content_source(&Place {
-                        base: the_place_err.base.clone(),
-                        projection: base.clone(),
+                    let source = self.borrowed_content_source(PlaceRef {
+                        base: the_place_err.base,
+                        projection: base,
                     });
                     let pointer_type = source.describe_for_immutable_place();
                     opt_source = Some(source);