diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/region_infer/error_reporting/region_name.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/region_infer/error_reporting/region_name.rs
index 857f1dae7ab5..f704ee61c884 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/region_infer/error_reporting/region_name.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/nll/region_infer/error_reporting/region_name.rs
@@ -452,16 +452,23 @@ impl<'tcx> RegionInferenceContext<'tcx> {
                     ty::Adt(_adt_def, substs),
                     hir::TyKind::Path(hir::QPath::Resolved(None, path)),
                 ) => {
-                    if let Some(last_segment) = path.segments.last() {
-                        if let Some(name) = self.match_adt_and_segment(
-                            substs,
-                            needle_fr,
-                            last_segment,
-                            counter,
-                            diag,
-                            search_stack,
-                        ) {
-                            return Some(name);
+                    match path.def {
+                        // Type parameters of the type alias have no reason to
+                        // be the same as those of the ADT.
+                        // FIXME: We should be able to do something similar to
+                        // match_adt_and_segment in this case.
+                        hir::def::Def::TyAlias(_) => (),
+                        _ => if let Some(last_segment) = path.segments.last() {
+                            if let Some(name) = self.match_adt_and_segment(
+                                substs,
+                                needle_fr,
+                                last_segment,
+                                counter,
+                                diag,
+                                search_stack,
+                            ) {
+                                return Some(name);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/type-alias-free-regions.rs b/src/test/ui/nll/type-alias-free-regions.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e480dcaac08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/nll/type-alias-free-regions.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Test that we don't assume that type aliases have the same type parameters
+// as the type they alias and then panic when we see this.
+
+#![feature(nll)]
+
+type a<'a> = &'a isize;
+type b<'a> = Box<a<'a>>;
+
+struct c<'a> {
+    f: Box<b<'a>>
+}
+
+trait FromBox<'a> {
+    fn from_box(b: Box<b>) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<'a> FromBox<'a> for c<'a> {
+    fn from_box(b: Box<b>) -> Self {
+        c { f: b } //~ ERROR
+    }
+}
+
+trait FromTuple<'a> {
+    fn from_tuple( b: (b,)) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<'a> FromTuple<'a> for c<'a> {
+    fn from_tuple(b: (b,)) -> Self {
+        c { f: Box::new(b.0) } //~ ERROR
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/type-alias-free-regions.stderr b/src/test/ui/nll/type-alias-free-regions.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05f2c9309446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/nll/type-alias-free-regions.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+error: unsatisfied lifetime constraints
+  --> $DIR/type-alias-free-regions.rs:19:9
+   |
+LL | impl<'a> FromBox<'a> for c<'a> {
+   |      -- lifetime `'a` defined here
+LL |     fn from_box(b: Box<b>) -> Self {
+   |                 - has type `std::boxed::Box<std::boxed::Box<&'1 isize>>`
+LL |         c { f: b } //~ ERROR
+   |         ^^^^^^^^^^ returning this value requires that `'1` must outlive `'a`
+
+error: unsatisfied lifetime constraints
+  --> $DIR/type-alias-free-regions.rs:29:9
+   |
+LL | impl<'a> FromTuple<'a> for c<'a> {
+   |      -- lifetime `'a` defined here
+LL |     fn from_tuple(b: (b,)) -> Self {
+   |                   - has type `(std::boxed::Box<&'1 isize>,)`
+LL |         c { f: Box::new(b.0) } //~ ERROR
+   |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ returning this value requires that `'1` must outlive `'a`
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+