diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs
index 30a543aab50..48c3d6f08de 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs
@@ -1404,7 +1404,17 @@ pub fn check_decl_initializer(
             // type of the place it is referencing, and not some
             // supertype thereof.
             let init_ty = self.check_expr_with_needs(init, Needs::maybe_mut_place(m));
-            self.demand_eqtype(init.span, local_ty, init_ty);
+            if let Some(mut diag) = self.demand_eqtype_diag(init.span, local_ty, init_ty) {
+                self.emit_type_mismatch_suggestions(
+                    &mut diag,
+                    init.peel_drop_temps(),
+                    init_ty,
+                    local_ty,
+                    None,
+                    None,
+                );
+                diag.emit();
+            }
             init_ty
         } else {
             self.check_expr_coercible_to_type(init, local_ty, None)
diff --git a/tests/ui/switched-expectations.stderr b/tests/ui/switched-expectations.stderr
index 744d8483bd3..6e1bbf701d7 100644
--- a/tests/ui/switched-expectations.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/switched-expectations.stderr
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ error[E0308]: mismatched types
   --> $DIR/switched-expectations.rs:3:30
    |
 LL |     let ref string: String = var;
-   |                              ^^^ expected `String`, found `i32`
+   |                              ^^^- help: try using a conversion method: `.to_string()`
+   |                              |
+   |                              expected `String`, found `i32`
 
 error: aborting due to previous error