diff --git a/compiler/rustc_smir/src/rustc_smir/convert/ty.rs b/compiler/rustc_smir/src/rustc_smir/convert/ty.rs
index 233cfd792880b..a511989d972c8 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_smir/src/rustc_smir/convert/ty.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_smir/src/rustc_smir/convert/ty.rs
@@ -771,7 +771,6 @@ impl<'tcx> Stable<'tcx> for ty::RegionKind<'tcx> {
         use stable_mir::ty::{BoundRegion, EarlyParamRegion, RegionKind};
         match self {
             ty::ReEarlyParam(early_reg) => RegionKind::ReEarlyParam(EarlyParamRegion {
-                def_id: tables.region_def(todo!()),
                 index: early_reg.index,
                 name: early_reg.name.to_string(),
             }),
diff --git a/compiler/stable_mir/src/ty.rs b/compiler/stable_mir/src/ty.rs
index f3ac2bfcdb01f..d62054eff6092 100644
--- a/compiler/stable_mir/src/ty.rs
+++ b/compiler/stable_mir/src/ty.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ pub(crate) type DebruijnIndex = u32;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct EarlyParamRegion {
-    pub def_id: RegionDef,
     pub index: u32,
     pub name: Symbol,
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/ptr.rs b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/ptr.rs
index 65929cd5fea9c..5a019c26f4a1a 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/ptr.rs
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/ptr.rs
@@ -460,13 +460,25 @@ fn check_fn_args<'cx, 'tcx: 'cx>(
                             }
                             None
                         }) {
+                            let binding_item = match lifetime.res {
+                                LifetimeName::Param(param_def_id) => Some(cx.tcx.parent(param_def_id.to_def_id())),
+                                _ => None,
+                            };
+                            
                             if !lifetime.is_anonymous()
                                 && fn_sig
                                     .output()
                                     .walk()
                                     .filter_map(|arg| {
                                         arg.as_region().and_then(|lifetime| match lifetime.kind() {
-                                            ty::ReEarlyParam(r) => Some(r.def_id),
+                                            ty::ReEarlyParam(r) if binding_item.is_some() => Some(
+                                                cx.tcx.generics_of(binding_item.unwrap()).region_param(r, cx.tcx).def_id
+                                            ),
+                                            // It doesn't seem entirely correct to return none here, since all early-bound
+                                            // parameters will have a corresponding `DefId`. It shouldn't matter though as if
+                                            // `binding_item` is `None` then the `any` afterwards is going to return `false`
+                                            // no matter what `DefId`'s we do or do not return. 
+                                            ty::ReEarlyParam(_) => None,
                                             ty::ReBound(_, r) => r.kind.get_id(),
                                             ty::ReLateParam(r) => r.bound_region.get_id(),
                                             ty::ReStatic