diff --git a/src/librustdoc/scrape_examples.rs b/src/librustdoc/scrape_examples.rs
index fc54e55b87655..05e746573f479 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/scrape_examples.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/scrape_examples.rs
@@ -132,12 +132,28 @@ where
     fn visit_expr(&mut self, ex: &'tcx hir::Expr<'tcx>) {
         intravisit::walk_expr(self, ex);
 
-        // Get type of function if expression is a function call
         let tcx = self.tcx;
+
+        // If we visit an item that contains an expression outside a function body,
+        // then we need to exit before calling typeck (which will panic). See
+        // test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr for an example.
+        let hir = tcx.hir();
+        let owner = hir.local_def_id_to_hir_id(ex.hir_id.owner);
+        if hir.maybe_body_owned_by(owner).is_none() {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Get type of function if expression is a function call
         let (ty, span) = match ex.kind {
             hir::ExprKind::Call(f, _) => {
                 let types = tcx.typeck(ex.hir_id.owner);
-                (types.node_type(f.hir_id), ex.span)
+
+                match types.node_type_opt(f.hir_id) {
+                    Some(ty) => (ty, ex.span),
+                    None => {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
             }
             hir::ExprKind::MethodCall(_, _, _, span) => {
                 let types = tcx.typeck(ex.hir_id.owner);
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dce8b83eefe4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+deps := ex
+
+-include ../rustdoc-scrape-examples-multiple/scrape.mk
+
+all: scrape
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/examples/ex.rs b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/examples/ex.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b342b5b0aaece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/examples/ex.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub struct Foo([usize; foobar::f()]);
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/src/lib.rs b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c30c99dec6038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-invalid-expr/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub const fn f() -> usize { 5 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-multiple/src/lib.rs b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-multiple/src/lib.rs
index bd59584bbbf4f..bdfeda92d79a0 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-multiple/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-make/rustdoc-scrape-examples-multiple/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 // @has foobar/fn.ok.html '//*[@class="docblock scraped-example-list"]//*[@class="prev"]' ''
 // @has foobar/fn.ok.html '//*[@class="more-scraped-examples"]' ''
+// @has src/ex/ex.rs.html
+// @has foobar/fn.ok.html '//a[@href="../src/ex/ex.rs.html#2"]' ''
 
 pub fn ok() {}