diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/search_index.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/search_index.rs
index da6840c72f5b..777a0a95fc83 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/search_index.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/search_index.rs
@@ -721,7 +721,13 @@ fn map_fn_sig_item(map: &FxHashMap<usize, usize>, ty: &mut RenderType) {
                         }
                     },
                 ),
-                self.alias_pointers[id].and_then(|alias| map.get(&alias).copied()),
+                self.alias_pointers[id].and_then(|alias| {
+                    if self.names[alias].is_empty() {
+                        None
+                    } else {
+                        map.get(&alias).copied()
+                    }
+                }),
             );
         }
         new.generic_inverted_index = self