diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/dep_graph/graph.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/dep_graph/graph.rs
index fac79742657d..444d02521148 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/dep_graph/graph.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/dep_graph/graph.rs
@@ -718,7 +718,13 @@ fn encode_side_effect<'tcx>(
     #[inline]
     fn force_side_effect<'tcx>(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, prev_index: SerializedDepNodeIndex) {
         with_deps(TaskDepsRef::Ignore, || {
-            let side_effect = tcx.load_side_effect(prev_index).unwrap();
+            let side_effect = tcx
+                .query_system
+                .on_disk_cache
+                .as_ref()
+                .unwrap()
+                .load_side_effect(tcx, prev_index)
+                .unwrap();
 
             // Use `send_and_color` as `promote_node_and_deps_to_current` expects all
             // green dependencies. `send_and_color` will also prevent multiple nodes
@@ -1549,15 +1555,4 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
     fn is_eval_always(self, kind: DepKind) -> bool {
         self.dep_kind_vtable(kind).is_eval_always
     }
-
-    // Interactions with on_disk_cache
-    fn load_side_effect(
-        self,
-        prev_dep_node_index: SerializedDepNodeIndex,
-    ) -> Option<QuerySideEffect> {
-        self.query_system
-            .on_disk_cache
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|c| c.load_side_effect(self, prev_dep_node_index))
-    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/on_disk_cache.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/on_disk_cache.rs
index 9f7c5e1e7172..466142ad6d59 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/on_disk_cache.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/on_disk_cache.rs
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ pub fn serialize(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, encoder: FileEncoder) -> FileEncodeResult {
     }
 
     /// Loads a `QuerySideEffect` created during the previous compilation session.
-    pub fn load_side_effect(
+    pub(crate) fn load_side_effect(
         &self,
         tcx: TyCtxt<'_>,
         dep_node_index: SerializedDepNodeIndex,