diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/constraint_generation.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/constraint_generation.rs
index 1f642099f08..02b3bed94bf 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/constraint_generation.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/constraint_generation.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> ConstraintGeneration<'cx, 'tcx> {
 
         self.infcx.tcx.for_each_free_region(&live_ty, |live_region| {
             let vid = live_region.as_var();
-            self.liveness_constraints.add_element(vid, location);
+            self.liveness_constraints.add_location(vid, location);
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/values.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/values.rs
index 48bfd6bd132..03630f0e2bc 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/values.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/values.rs
@@ -136,12 +136,11 @@ impl<N: Idx> LivenessValues<N> {
         self.points.rows()
     }
 
-    /// Adds the given element to the value for the given region. Returns whether
-    /// the element is newly added (i.e., was not already present).
-    pub(crate) fn add_element(&mut self, region: N, location: Location) -> bool {
-        debug!("LivenessValues::add_element(region={:?}, location={:?})", region, location);
-        let index = self.elements.point_from_location(location);
-        self.points.insert(region, index)
+    /// Records `region` as being live at the given `location`.
+    pub(crate) fn add_location(&mut self, region: N, location: Location) {
+        debug!("LivenessValues::add_location(region={:?}, location={:?})", region, location);
+        let point = self.elements.point_from_location(location);
+        self.points.insert(region, point);
     }
 
     /// Adds all the elements in the given bit array into the given
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/mod.rs
index 96c23cfaf77..f00e41e0886 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/type_check/mod.rs
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for TypeVerifier<'a, 'b, 'tcx> {
                 .borrowck_context
                 .constraints
                 .liveness_constraints
-                .add_element(live_region_vid, location);
+                .add_location(live_region_vid, location);
         });
 
         // HACK(compiler-errors): Constants that are gathered into Body.required_consts
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'tcx> TypeVerifier<'a, 'b, 'tcx> {
                     .borrowck_context
                     .constraints
                     .liveness_constraints
-                    .add_element(region, location);
+                    .add_location(region, location);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
                     self.borrowck_context
                         .constraints
                         .liveness_constraints
-                        .add_element(region_vid, term_location);
+                        .add_location(region_vid, term_location);
                 }
 
                 self.check_call_inputs(body, term, func, &sig, args, term_location, *call_source);