diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index bde821c5d9cd0..a9baa1c31aeb8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -1311,10 +1311,11 @@ fn clean_qpath(hir_ty: &hir::Ty<'_>, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Type {
         }
         hir::QPath::TypeRelative(ref qself, ref segment) => {
             let ty = hir_ty_to_ty(cx.tcx, hir_ty);
-            let res = if let ty::Projection(proj) = ty.kind() {
-                Res::Def(DefKind::Trait, proj.trait_ref(cx.tcx).def_id)
-            } else {
-                Res::Err
+            let res = match ty.kind() {
+                ty::Projection(proj) => Res::Def(DefKind::Trait, proj.trait_ref(cx.tcx).def_id),
+                // Rustdoc handles `ty::Error`s by turning them into `Type::Infer`s.
+                ty::Error(_) => return Type::Infer,
+                _ => bug!("clean: expected associated type, found `{:?}`", ty),
             };
             let trait_path = hir::Path { span, res, segments: &[] }.clean(cx);
             Type::QPath {
@@ -1379,6 +1380,7 @@ impl Clean<Type> for hir::Ty<'_> {
                 DynTrait(bounds, lifetime)
             }
             TyKind::BareFn(ref barefn) => BareFunction(Box::new(barefn.clean(cx))),
+            // Rustdoc handles `TyKind::Err`s by turning them into `Type::Infer`s.
             TyKind::Infer | TyKind::Err => Infer,
             TyKind::Typeof(..) => panic!("unimplemented type {:?}", self.kind),
         }
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/ambiguous-inherent-assoc-ty.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/ambiguous-inherent-assoc-ty.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ad56aebc21c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/ambiguous-inherent-assoc-ty.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// This test ensures that rustdoc does not panic on inherented associated types
+// that are referred to without fully-qualified syntax.
+
+#![feature(inherent_associated_types)]
+#![allow(incomplete_features)]
+
+pub struct Struct;
+
+impl Struct {
+    pub type AssocTy = usize;
+    pub const AssocConst: Self::AssocTy = 42;
+    //~^ ERROR ambiguous associated type
+    //~| HELP use fully-qualified syntax
+    // FIXME: for some reason, the error is shown twice with rustdoc but only once with rustc
+    //~| ERROR ambiguous associated type
+    //~| HELP use fully-qualified syntax
+}
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/ambiguous-inherent-assoc-ty.stderr b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/ambiguous-inherent-assoc-ty.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b963b722f6620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/ambiguous-inherent-assoc-ty.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+error[E0223]: ambiguous associated type
+  --> $DIR/ambiguous-inherent-assoc-ty.rs:11:27
+   |
+LL |     pub const AssocConst: Self::AssocTy = 42;
+   |                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: use fully-qualified syntax: `<Struct as Trait>::AssocTy`
+
+error[E0223]: ambiguous associated type
+  --> $DIR/ambiguous-inherent-assoc-ty.rs:11:27
+   |
+LL |     pub const AssocConst: Self::AssocTy = 42;
+   |                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: use fully-qualified syntax: `<Struct as Trait>::AssocTy`
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0223`.