diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/errors.rs
index 821c5653040..8ea27d0947d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/errors.rs
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ pub(crate) fn complain_about_inherent_assoc_ty_not_found(
     pub(crate) fn complain_about_missing_assoc_tys(
         &self,
         associated_types: FxIndexMap<Span, FxIndexSet<DefId>>,
-        potential_assoc_types: Vec<Span>,
+        potential_assoc_types: Vec<usize>,
         trait_bounds: &[hir::PolyTraitRef<'_>],
     ) {
         if associated_types.values().all(|v| v.is_empty()) {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/generics.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/generics.rs
index ea6841f9a82..4ec2aa6c626 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/generics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/generics.rs
@@ -474,16 +474,9 @@ pub(crate) fn check_generic_arg_count(
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        if provided_args > max_expected_args {
-            invalid_args.extend(
-                gen_args.args[max_expected_args..provided_args].iter().map(|arg| arg.span()),
-            );
-        };
+        invalid_args.extend(min_expected_args..provided_args);
 
         let gen_args_info = if provided_args > min_expected_args {
-            invalid_args.extend(
-                gen_args.args[min_expected_args..provided_args].iter().map(|arg| arg.span()),
-            );
             let num_redundant_args = provided_args - min_expected_args;
             GenericArgsInfo::ExcessLifetimes { num_redundant_args }
         } else {
@@ -538,11 +531,7 @@ pub(crate) fn check_generic_arg_count(
         let num_default_params = expected_max - expected_min;
 
         let gen_args_info = if provided > expected_max {
-            invalid_args.extend(
-                gen_args.args[args_offset + expected_max..args_offset + provided]
-                    .iter()
-                    .map(|arg| arg.span()),
-            );
+            invalid_args.extend((expected_max..provided).map(|i| i + args_offset));
             let num_redundant_args = provided - expected_max;
 
             // Provide extra note if synthetic arguments like `impl Trait` are specified.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/mod.rs
index 4ffc8e5abd8..7aa01b85028 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/hir_ty_lowering/mod.rs
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ pub(crate) enum GenericArgPosition {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct GenericArgCountMismatch {
     pub reported: ErrorGuaranteed,
-    /// A list of spans of arguments provided that were not valid.
-    pub invalid_args: Vec<Span>,
+    /// A list of indices of arguments provided that were not valid.
+    pub invalid_args: Vec<usize>,
 }
 
 /// Decorates the result of a generic argument count mismatch