diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs
index 68efbbb74c300..6e4907fe518ae 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs
@@ -1740,8 +1740,8 @@ impl CheckAttrVisitor<'_> {
     fn check_used(&self, attrs: &[Attribute], target: Target) {
         let mut used_linker_span = None;
         let mut used_compiler_span = None;
-        for attr in attrs {
-            if attr.has_name(sym::used) && target != Target::Static {
+        for attr in attrs.iter().filter(|attr| attr.has_name(sym::used)) {
+            if target != Target::Static {
                 self.tcx
                     .sess
                     .span_err(attr.span, "attribute must be applied to a `static` variable");
diff --git a/src/test/ui/attributes/used_with_arg_no_mangle.rs b/src/test/ui/attributes/used_with_arg_no_mangle.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d0bbe76ef3e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/attributes/used_with_arg_no_mangle.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// check-pass
+
+#![feature(used_with_arg)]
+
+#[used(linker)]
+#[no_mangle] // accidentally detected as `used(compiler)`
+pub static GLOB: usize = 0;
+
+fn main() {}