diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/expr.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/expr.rs
index a76ca6772e52e..f31e2c65c792a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/expr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/expr.rs
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
         let path = hir::ExprKind::Path(hir::QPath::TypeRelative(
             self.arena.alloc(self.ty(span, hir::TyKind::Path(qpath))),
             self.arena.alloc(hir::PathSegment::new(
-                Ident::new(name, span),
+                Ident::new(name, self.lower_span(span)),
                 self.next_id(),
                 Res::Err,
             )),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/index.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/index.rs
index 29d4fb9ef2597..9cfdbc47495b1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/index.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/index.rs
@@ -78,24 +78,31 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> NodeCollector<'a, 'hir> {
 
         // Make sure that the DepNode of some node coincides with the HirId
         // owner of that node.
-        if cfg!(debug_assertions) && hir_id.owner != self.owner {
-            span_bug!(
-                span,
-                "inconsistent HirId at `{:?}` for `{:?}`: \
+        if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+            if hir_id.owner != self.owner {
+                span_bug!(
+                    span,
+                    "inconsistent HirId at `{:?}` for `{node:?}`: \
                      current_dep_node_owner={} ({:?}), hir_id.owner={} ({:?})",
-                self.tcx.sess.source_map().span_to_diagnostic_string(span),
-                node,
-                self.tcx
-                    .definitions_untracked()
-                    .def_path(self.owner.def_id)
-                    .to_string_no_crate_verbose(),
-                self.owner,
-                self.tcx
-                    .definitions_untracked()
-                    .def_path(hir_id.owner.def_id)
-                    .to_string_no_crate_verbose(),
-                hir_id.owner,
-            )
+                    self.tcx.sess.source_map().span_to_diagnostic_string(span),
+                    self.tcx
+                        .definitions_untracked()
+                        .def_path(self.owner.def_id)
+                        .to_string_no_crate_verbose(),
+                    self.owner,
+                    self.tcx
+                        .definitions_untracked()
+                        .def_path(hir_id.owner.def_id)
+                        .to_string_no_crate_verbose(),
+                    hir_id.owner,
+                )
+            }
+            if self.tcx.sess.opts.incremental.is_some()
+                && span.parent().is_none()
+                && !span.is_dummy()
+            {
+                span_bug!(span, "span without a parent: {:#?}, {node:?}", span.data())
+            }
         }
 
         self.nodes[hir_id.local_id] = ParentedNode { parent: self.parent_node, node };
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
index 61d7da429f8e8..74870d741504c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
@@ -1092,6 +1092,7 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
             // this as a special case.
             return self.lower_fn_body(decl, |this| {
                 if attrs.iter().any(|a| a.name_or_empty() == sym::rustc_intrinsic) {
+                    let span = this.lower_span(span);
                     let empty_block = hir::Block {
                         hir_id: this.next_id(),
                         stmts: &[],
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/pat.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/pat.rs
index abd314ae74c39..3c78ed0497d79 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/pat.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/pat.rs
@@ -375,24 +375,24 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
         expr: &Expr,
         allow_paths: bool,
     ) -> &'hir hir::PatExpr<'hir> {
+        let span = self.lower_span(expr.span);
         let err = |guar| hir::PatExprKind::Lit {
-            lit: self.arena.alloc(respan(self.lower_span(expr.span), LitKind::Err(guar))),
+            lit: self.arena.alloc(respan(span, LitKind::Err(guar))),
             negated: false,
         };
         let kind = match &expr.kind {
             ExprKind::Lit(lit) => {
-                hir::PatExprKind::Lit { lit: self.lower_lit(lit, expr.span), negated: false }
+                hir::PatExprKind::Lit { lit: self.lower_lit(lit, span), negated: false }
             }
             ExprKind::ConstBlock(c) => hir::PatExprKind::ConstBlock(self.lower_const_block(c)),
             ExprKind::IncludedBytes(bytes) => hir::PatExprKind::Lit {
-                lit: self.arena.alloc(respan(
-                    self.lower_span(expr.span),
-                    LitKind::ByteStr(Arc::clone(bytes), StrStyle::Cooked),
-                )),
+                lit: self
+                    .arena
+                    .alloc(respan(span, LitKind::ByteStr(Arc::clone(bytes), StrStyle::Cooked))),
                 negated: false,
             },
             ExprKind::Err(guar) => err(*guar),
-            ExprKind::Dummy => span_bug!(expr.span, "lowered ExprKind::Dummy"),
+            ExprKind::Dummy => span_bug!(span, "lowered ExprKind::Dummy"),
             ExprKind::Path(qself, path) if allow_paths => hir::PatExprKind::Path(self.lower_qpath(
                 expr.id,
                 qself,
@@ -403,21 +403,17 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
                 None,
             )),
             ExprKind::Unary(UnOp::Neg, inner) if let ExprKind::Lit(lit) = &inner.kind => {
-                hir::PatExprKind::Lit { lit: self.lower_lit(lit, expr.span), negated: true }
+                hir::PatExprKind::Lit { lit: self.lower_lit(lit, span), negated: true }
             }
             _ => {
                 let pattern_from_macro = expr.is_approximately_pattern();
                 let guar = self.dcx().emit_err(ArbitraryExpressionInPattern {
-                    span: expr.span,
+                    span,
                     pattern_from_macro_note: pattern_from_macro,
                 });
                 err(guar)
             }
         };
-        self.arena.alloc(hir::PatExpr {
-            hir_id: self.lower_node_id(expr.id),
-            span: expr.span,
-            kind,
-        })
+        self.arena.alloc(hir::PatExpr { hir_id: self.lower_node_id(expr.id), span, kind })
     }
 }