diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
index ce341406eaf..d156f874434 100644
--- a/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/common.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 use rustc_middle::ty::ScalarInt;
 use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{TyAndLayout, LayoutOf};
 use rustc_middle::mir::interpret::{ConstAllocation, GlobalAlloc, Scalar};
-use rustc_span::Symbol;
 use rustc_target::abi::{self, HasDataLayout, Pointer, Size};
 
 use crate::consts::const_alloc_to_gcc;
@@ -125,12 +124,15 @@ fn const_real(&self, typ: Type<'gcc>, val: f64) -> RValue<'gcc> {
         self.context.new_rvalue_from_double(typ, val)
     }
 
-    fn const_str(&self, s: Symbol) -> (RValue<'gcc>, RValue<'gcc>) {
-        let s_str = s.as_str();
-        let str_global = *self.const_str_cache.borrow_mut().entry(s).or_insert_with(|| {
-            self.global_string(s_str)
-        });
-        let len = s_str.len();
+    fn const_str(&self, s: &str) -> (RValue<'gcc>, RValue<'gcc>) {
+        let str_global = *self
+            .const_str_cache
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .raw_entry_mut()
+            .from_key(s)
+            .or_insert_with(|| (s.to_owned(), self.global_string(s)))
+            .1;
+        let len = s.len();
         let cs = self.const_ptrcast(str_global.get_address(None),
             self.type_ptr_to(self.layout_of(self.tcx.types.str_).gcc_type(self, true)),
         );
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index 44f36cfa4ca..478f6d893dd 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Instance, ParamEnv, PolyExistentialTraitRef, Ty, TyCtxt};
 use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{FnAbiError, FnAbiOfHelpers, FnAbiRequest, HasParamEnv, HasTyCtxt, LayoutError, TyAndLayout, LayoutOfHelpers};
 use rustc_session::Session;
-use rustc_span::{Span, Symbol};
+use rustc_span::Span;
 use rustc_target::abi::{call::FnAbi, HasDataLayout, PointeeInfo, Size, TargetDataLayout, VariantIdx};
 use rustc_target::spec::{HasTargetSpec, Target, TlsModel};
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub struct CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
     pub global_lvalues: RefCell<FxHashMap<RValue<'gcc>, LValue<'gcc>>>,
 
     /// Cache of constant strings,
-    pub const_str_cache: RefCell<FxHashMap<Symbol, LValue<'gcc>>>,
+    pub const_str_cache: RefCell<FxHashMap<String, LValue<'gcc>>>,
 
     /// Cache of globals.
     pub globals: RefCell<FxHashMap<String, RValue<'gcc>>>,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5bfdeb8b93a..399830de84c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,14 @@
  * TODO(antoyo): remove the patches.
  */
 
-#![feature(rustc_private, decl_macro, associated_type_bounds, never_type, trusted_len)]
+#![feature(
+    rustc_private,
+    decl_macro,
+    associated_type_bounds,
+    never_type,
+    trusted_len,
+    hash_raw_entry
+)]
 #![allow(broken_intra_doc_links)]
 #![recursion_limit="256"]
 #![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]