diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/ident.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/ident.rs
index f38ce51d709c..7ff3f0966892 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/ident.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/ident.rs
@@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ fn resolve_ident_in_module_non_globs_unadjusted<'r>(
                 orig_ident_span,
                 binding,
                 parent_scope,
-                module,
                 finalize,
                 shadowing,
             );
@@ -1150,7 +1149,6 @@ fn resolve_ident_in_module_globs_unadjusted<'r>(
                 orig_ident_span,
                 binding,
                 parent_scope,
-                module,
                 finalize,
                 shadowing,
             );
@@ -1260,7 +1258,6 @@ fn finalize_module_binding(
         orig_ident_span: Span,
         binding: Option<Decl<'ra>>,
         parent_scope: &ParentScope<'ra>,
-        module: Module<'ra>,
         finalize: Finalize,
         shadowing: Shadowing,
     ) -> Result<Decl<'ra>, ControlFlow<Determinacy, Determinacy>> {
@@ -1295,17 +1292,6 @@ fn finalize_module_binding(
             self.macro_expanded_macro_export_errors.insert((path_span, binding.span));
         }
 
-        // If we encounter a re-export for a type with private fields, it will not be able to
-        // be constructed through this re-export. We track that case here to expand later
-        // privacy errors with appropriate information.
-        if let Res::Def(_, def_id) = binding.res() {
-            if let Some(ctor) = self.struct_ctor(def_id)
-                && ctor.has_private_fields(module, self)
-            {
-                self.inaccessible_ctor_reexport.insert(path_span, binding.span);
-            }
-        }
-
         self.record_use(ident, binding, used);
         return Ok(binding);
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs
index 634893354c9e..cbcf1a182c7e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs
@@ -2368,16 +2368,28 @@ fn smart_resolve_context_dependent_help(
                     return true;
                 };
 
+                // A type is re-exported and has an inaccessible constructor because it has fields
+                // that are inaccessible from the reexport's scope, extend the diagnostic.
                 let is_accessible = self.r.is_accessible_from(ctor.vis, self.parent_scope.module);
-                if let Some(use_span) = self.r.inaccessible_ctor_reexport.get(&span)
-                    && is_accessible
+                if is_accessible
+                    && let mod_path = &path[..path.len() - 1]
+                    && let PathResult::Module(ModuleOrUniformRoot::Module(import_mod)) =
+                        self.resolve_path(mod_path, Some(TypeNS), None, PathSource::Module)
+                    && ctor.has_private_fields(import_mod, self.r)
+                    && let Ok(import_decl) = self.r.cm().maybe_resolve_ident_in_module(
+                        ModuleOrUniformRoot::Module(import_mod),
+                        path.last().unwrap().ident,
+                        TypeNS,
+                        &self.parent_scope,
+                        None,
+                    )
                 {
                     err.span_note(
-                        *use_span,
+                        import_decl.span,
                         "the type is accessed through this re-export, but the type's constructor \
                          is not visible in this import's scope due to private fields",
                     );
-                    if is_accessible && !ctor.has_private_fields(self.parent_scope.module, self.r) {
+                    if !ctor.has_private_fields(self.parent_scope.module, self.r) {
                         err.span_suggestion_verbose(
                             span,
                             "the type can be constructed directly, because its fields are \
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/lib.rs
index 5247777e2287..35ef00f94503 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/lib.rs
@@ -1285,11 +1285,6 @@ pub struct Resolver<'ra, 'tcx> {
     /// Crate-local macro expanded `macro_export` referred to by a module-relative path.
     macro_expanded_macro_export_errors: BTreeSet<(Span, Span)> = BTreeSet::new(),
 
-    /// When a type is re-exported that has an inaccessible constructor because it has fields that
-    /// are inaccessible from the import's scope, we mark that as the type won't be able to be built
-    /// through the re-export. We use this information to extend the existing diagnostic.
-    inaccessible_ctor_reexport: FxHashMap<Span, Span> = default::fx_hash_map(),
-
     arenas: &'ra ResolverArenas<'ra>,
     dummy_decl: Decl<'ra>,
     builtin_type_decls: FxHashMap<Symbol, Decl<'ra>>,