diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
index 3081dcfa2b7..ec2da39398b 100644
--- a/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/common.rs
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ fn handle_layout_err(&self, err: LayoutError<'tcx>, span: Span, ty: Ty<'tcx>) ->
         if let LayoutError::SizeOverflow(_) | LayoutError::ReferencesError(_) = err {
             self.0.sess.span_fatal(span, err.to_string())
         } else {
-            span_bug!(span, "failed to get layout for `{}`: {}", ty, err)
+            self.0.sess.span_fatal(span, format!("failed to get layout for `{}`: {}", ty, err))
         }
     }
 }