diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
index aab974ad79edd..f65c09bf0e810 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ pub(crate) fn load_attrs<'hir>(cx: &DocContext<'hir>, did: DefId) -> &'hir [ast:
 /// These names are used later on by HTML rendering to generate things like
 /// source links back to the original item.
 pub(crate) fn record_extern_fqn(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>, did: DefId, kind: ItemType) {
+    if did.is_local() {
+        if cx.cache.exact_paths.contains_key(&did) {
+            return;
+        }
+    } else if cx.cache.external_paths.contains_key(&did) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     let crate_name = cx.tcx.crate_name(did.krate);
 
     let relative =