diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
index 68856f82fe94c..090314e3a4bbd 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BlanketImplFinder<'a, 'tcx> {
                             .clean(self.cx),
                         negative_polarity: false,
                         synthetic: false,
-                        blanket_impl: Some(trait_ref.self_ty().clean(self.cx)),
+                        blanket_impl: Some(box trait_ref.self_ty().clean(self.cx)),
                     }),
                     cfg: None,
                 });
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index 7d802636bfac2..f0e0401824265 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -2235,7 +2235,7 @@ crate struct Impl {
     crate items: Vec<Item>,
     crate negative_polarity: bool,
     crate synthetic: bool,
-    crate blanket_impl: Option<Type>,
+    crate blanket_impl: Option<Box<Type>>,
 }
 
 impl Impl {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
index e0e5db3b5634b..d2349b42ae930 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ impl FromWithTcx<clean::Impl> for Impl {
             items: ids(items),
             negative: negative_polarity,
             synthetic,
-            blanket_impl: blanket_impl.map(|x| x.into_tcx(tcx)),
+            blanket_impl: blanket_impl.map(|x| (*x).into_tcx(tcx)),
         }
     }
 }