diff --git a/compiler/rustc_traits/src/codegen.rs b/compiler/rustc_traits/src/codegen.rs
index ada2c8e81de5..111821982465 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_traits/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_traits/src/codegen.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /// obligations *could be* resolved if we wanted to.
 ///
 /// This also expects that `trait_ref` is fully normalized.
-pub fn codegen_select_candidate<'tcx>(
+pub(crate) fn codegen_select_candidate<'tcx>(
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
     (param_env, trait_ref): (ty::ParamEnv<'tcx>, ty::TraitRef<'tcx>),
 ) -> Result<&'tcx ImplSource<'tcx, ()>, CodegenObligationError> {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_traits/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_traits/src/lib.rs
index 697c83918031..d2f979bd6d9d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_traits/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_traits/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 // tidy-alphabetical-start
 #![recursion_limit = "256"]
+#![warn(unreachable_pub)]
 // tidy-alphabetical-end
 
 mod codegen;