diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/check_unused.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/check_unused.rs
index 0fb3d96cd50d4..5a321053b7ae8 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/check_unused.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/check_unused.rs
@@ -102,11 +102,18 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Visitor<'a> for UnusedImportCheckVisitor<'a, 'b> {
         }
 
         if let ast::UseTreeKind::Nested(ref items) = use_tree.kind {
+            // If it's the parent group, cover the entire use item
+            let span = if nested {
+                use_tree.span
+            } else {
+                self.item_span
+            };
+
             if items.len() == 0 {
                 self.unused_imports
                     .entry(self.base_id)
                     .or_insert_with(NodeMap)
-                    .insert(id, self.item_span);
+                    .insert(id, span);
             }
         } else {
             let base_id = self.base_id;
diff --git a/src/test/ui/owl-import-generates-unused-import-lint.stderr b/src/test/ui/owl-import-generates-unused-import-lint.stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index 79089b2a93c73..0000000000000
--- a/src/test/ui/owl-import-generates-unused-import-lint.stderr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-error: unused import: `*`
-  --> $DIR/owl-import-generates-unused-import-lint.rs:18:14
-   |
-18 | use foo::{*, *}; //~ ERROR unused import: `*`
-   |              ^
-   |
-note: lint level defined here
-  --> $DIR/owl-import-generates-unused-import-lint.rs:12:9
-   |
-12 | #![deny(unused_imports)]
-   |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-error: aborting due to previous error
-
diff --git a/src/test/ui/owl-import-generates-unused-import-lint.rs b/src/test/ui/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.rs
similarity index 52%
rename from src/test/ui/owl-import-generates-unused-import-lint.rs
rename to src/test/ui/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.rs
index dc30c31835299..ddbf54fdd48b1 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/owl-import-generates-unused-import-lint.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2018 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -9,13 +9,26 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #![feature(use_nested_groups)]
+#![allow(dead_code)]
 #![deny(unused_imports)]
 
 mod foo {
-    pub enum Bar {}
+    pub mod bar {
+        pub mod baz {
+            pub struct Bar();
+        }
+        pub mod foobar {}
+    }
+
+    pub struct Foo();
 }
 
-use foo::{*, *}; //~ ERROR unused import: `*`
+use foo::{Foo, bar::{baz::{}, foobar::*}, *};
+    //~^ ERROR unused imports: `*`, `Foo`, `baz::{}`, `foobar::*`
+use foo::bar::baz::{*, *};
+    //~^ ERROR unused import: `*`
+use foo::{};
+    //~^ ERROR unused import: `use foo::{};`
 
 fn main() {
     let _: Bar;
diff --git a/src/test/ui/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.stderr b/src/test/ui/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0686310dbf53a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+error: unused imports: `*`, `Foo`, `baz::{}`, `foobar::*`
+  --> $DIR/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.rs:26:11
+   |
+26 | use foo::{Foo, bar::{baz::{}, foobar::*}, *};
+   |           ^^^        ^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^   ^
+   |
+note: lint level defined here
+  --> $DIR/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.rs:13:9
+   |
+13 | #![deny(unused_imports)]
+   |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: unused import: `*`
+  --> $DIR/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.rs:28:24
+   |
+28 | use foo::bar::baz::{*, *};
+   |                        ^
+
+error: unused import: `use foo::{};`
+  --> $DIR/use-nested-groups-unused-imports.rs:30:1
+   |
+30 | use foo::{};
+   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
+