diff --git a/compiler/rustc_next_trait_solver/src/solve/assembly/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_next_trait_solver/src/solve/assembly/mod.rs
index b0f59ed1474..bfb590e8767 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_next_trait_solver/src/solve/assembly/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_next_trait_solver/src/solve/assembly/mod.rs
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ where
             return Ok(self.make_ambiguous_response_no_constraints(MaybeCause::Ambiguity));
         };
 
-        let responses: Vec<_> = match proven_via {
+        match proven_via {
             // Even when a trait bound has been proven using a where-bound, we
             // still need to consider alias-bounds for normalization, see
             // tests/ui/next-solver/alias-bound-shadowed-by-env.rs.
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ where
             // constness checking. Doing so is *at least theoretically* breaking,
             // see github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/133044#issuecomment-2500709754
             TraitGoalProvenVia::ParamEnv | TraitGoalProvenVia::AliasBound => {
-                let mut candidates_from_env: Vec<_> = candidates
+                let mut candidates_from_env_and_bounds: Vec<_> = candidates
                     .iter()
                     .filter(|c| {
                         matches!(
@@ -813,16 +813,37 @@ where
 
                 // If the trait goal has been proven by using the environment, we want to treat
                 // aliases as rigid if there are no applicable projection bounds in the environment.
-                if candidates_from_env.is_empty() {
+                if candidates_from_env_and_bounds.is_empty() {
                     if let Ok(response) = inject_normalize_to_rigid_candidate(self) {
-                        candidates_from_env.push(response);
+                        candidates_from_env_and_bounds.push(response);
                     }
                 }
-                candidates_from_env
-            }
-            TraitGoalProvenVia::Misc => candidates.iter().map(|c| c.result).collect(),
-        };
 
-        self.try_merge_responses(&responses).map_or_else(|| self.flounder(&responses), Ok)
+                if let Some(response) = self.try_merge_responses(&candidates_from_env_and_bounds) {
+                    Ok(response)
+                } else {
+                    self.flounder(&candidates_from_env_and_bounds)
+                }
+            }
+            TraitGoalProvenVia::Misc => {
+                // Prefer "orphaned" param-env normalization predicates, which are used
+                // (for example, and ideally only) when proving item bounds for an impl.
+                let candidates_from_env: Vec<_> = candidates
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|c| matches!(c.source, CandidateSource::ParamEnv(_)))
+                    .map(|c| c.result)
+                    .collect();
+                if let Some(response) = self.try_merge_responses(&candidates_from_env) {
+                    return Ok(response);
+                }
+
+                let responses: Vec<_> = candidates.iter().map(|c| c.result).collect();
+                if let Some(response) = self.try_merge_responses(&responses) {
+                    Ok(response)
+                } else {
+                    self.flounder(&responses)
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }