3 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/error.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/error.rs
index 00bbd9337f7..25b32785b7d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/error.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/error.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub enum ConstEvalErrKind {
     RecursiveStatic,
     AssertFailure(AssertKind<ConstInt>),
     Panic { msg: Symbol, line: u32, col: u32, file: Symbol },
+    WriteThroughImmutablePointer,
 }
 
 impl MachineStopType for ConstEvalErrKind {
@@ -35,12 +36,16 @@ impl MachineStopType for ConstEvalErrKind {
             Panic { .. } => const_eval_panic,
             RecursiveStatic => const_eval_recursive_static,
             AssertFailure(x) => x.diagnostic_message(),
+            WriteThroughImmutablePointer => const_eval_write_through_immutable_pointer,
         }
     }
     fn add_args(self: Box<Self>, adder: &mut dyn FnMut(DiagArgName, DiagArgValue)) {
         use ConstEvalErrKind::*;
         match *self {
-            RecursiveStatic | ConstAccessesMutGlobal | ModifiedGlobal => {}
+            RecursiveStatic
+            | ConstAccessesMutGlobal
+            | ModifiedGlobal
+            | WriteThroughImmutablePointer => {}
             AssertFailure(kind) => kind.add_args(adder),
             Panic { msg, line, col, file } => {
                 adder("msg".into(), msg.into_diag_arg());
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ where
 
 /// Emit a lint from a const-eval situation, with a backtrace.
 // Even if this is unused, please don't remove it -- chances are we will need to emit a lint during const-eval again in the future!
+#[allow(unused)]
 pub(super) fn lint<'tcx, L>(
     tcx: TyCtxtAt<'tcx>,
     machine: &CompileTimeMachine<'tcx>,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/machine.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/machine.rs
index c3d94ca0e59..9c1fef095f5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/machine.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/machine.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use rustc_middle::query::TyCtxtAt;
 use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{FnAbiOf, TyAndLayout};
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, TyCtxt};
 use rustc_middle::{bug, mir};
-use rustc_session::lint::builtin::WRITES_THROUGH_IMMUTABLE_POINTER;
 use rustc_span::symbol::{sym, Symbol};
 use rustc_span::Span;
 use rustc_target::abi::{Align, Size};
@@ -732,8 +731,8 @@ impl<'tcx> interpret::Machine<'tcx> for CompileTimeMachine<'tcx> {
     }
 
     fn before_memory_write(
-        tcx: TyCtxtAt<'tcx>,
-        machine: &mut Self,
+        _tcx: TyCtxtAt<'tcx>,
+        _machine: &mut Self,
         _alloc_extra: &mut Self::AllocExtra,
         (_alloc_id, immutable): (AllocId, bool),
         range: AllocRange,
@@ -744,9 +743,7 @@ impl<'tcx> interpret::Machine<'tcx> for CompileTimeMachine<'tcx> {
         }
         // Reject writes through immutable pointers.
         if immutable {
-            super::lint(tcx, machine, WRITES_THROUGH_IMMUTABLE_POINTER, |frames| {
-                crate::errors::WriteThroughImmutablePointer { frames }
-            });
+            return Err(ConstEvalErrKind::WriteThroughImmutablePointer.into());
         }
         // Everything else is fine.
         Ok(())
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/errors.rs
index 6075f3f84cd..0b366b43f95 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/errors.rs
@@ -407,13 +407,6 @@ pub struct ConstEvalError {
     pub frame_notes: Vec<FrameNote>,
 }
 
-#[derive(LintDiagnostic)]
-#[diag(const_eval_write_through_immutable_pointer)]
-pub struct WriteThroughImmutablePointer {
-    #[subdiagnostic]
-    pub frames: Vec<FrameNote>,
-}
-
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag(const_eval_nullary_intrinsic_fail)]
 pub struct NullaryIntrinsicError {