diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/const_eval/eval_queries.rs b/src/librustc_mir/const_eval/eval_queries.rs
index 28e77bb57cd..310b09f7163 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/const_eval/eval_queries.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/const_eval/eval_queries.rs
@@ -317,7 +317,10 @@ pub fn const_eval_raw_provider<'tcx>(
             if is_static {
                 // Ensure that if the above error was either `TooGeneric` or `Reported`
                 // an error must be reported.
-                let v = err.report_as_error(ecx.tcx_at(), "could not evaluate static initializer");
+                let v = err.report_as_error(
+                    ecx.tcx.at(ecx.cur_span()),
+                    "could not evaluate static initializer",
+                );
 
                 // If this is `Reveal:All`, then we need to make sure an error is reported but if
                 // this is `Reveal::UserFacing`, then it's expected that we could get a
@@ -373,13 +376,16 @@ pub fn const_eval_raw_provider<'tcx>(
                         // anything else (array lengths, enum initializers, constant patterns) are
                         // reported as hard errors
                         } else {
-                            err.report_as_error(ecx.tcx_at(), "evaluation of constant value failed")
+                            err.report_as_error(
+                                ecx.tcx.at(ecx.cur_span()),
+                                "evaluation of constant value failed",
+                            )
                         }
                     }
                 }
             } else {
                 // use of broken constant from other crate
-                err.report_as_error(ecx.tcx_at(), "could not evaluate constant")
+                err.report_as_error(ecx.tcx.at(ecx.cur_span()), "could not evaluate constant")
             }
         })
 }
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/eval_context.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/eval_context.rs
index 47e791854df..866cdce7b77 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/eval_context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/eval_context.rs
@@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ pub fn cur_span(&self) -> Span {
 
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn tcx_at(&self) -> TyCtxtAt<'tcx> {
-        self.tcx.at(self.cur_span())
+        // Computing the current span has a non-trivial cost, and for cycle errors
+        // the "root span" is good enough.
+        self.tcx.at(self.root_span)
     }
 
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ pub fn type_is_sized(&self, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> bool {
 
     #[inline]
     pub fn type_is_freeze(&self, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> bool {
-        ty.is_freeze(self.tcx, self.param_env, self.cur_span())
+        ty.is_freeze(self.tcx, self.param_env, self.root_span)
     }
 
     pub fn load_mir(
@@ -889,7 +891,7 @@ pub fn const_eval_raw(
         // FIXME: We can hit delay_span_bug if this is an invalid const, interning finds
         // that problem, but we never run validation to show an error. Can we ensure
         // this does not happen?
-        let val = self.tcx_at().const_eval_raw(param_env.and(gid))?;
+        let val = self.tcx.at(self.cur_span()).const_eval_raw(param_env.and(gid))?;
         self.raw_const_to_mplace(val)
     }