diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/path_utils.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/path_utils.rs
index 0c2a4ef45f1..caef8d8bc5a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/path_utils.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/path_utils.rs
@@ -131,22 +131,20 @@ pub(super) fn is_active<'tcx>(
 /// Determines if a given borrow is borrowing local data
 /// This is called for all Yield statements on movable generators
 pub(super) fn borrow_of_local_data<'tcx>(place: &Place<'tcx>) -> bool {
-    match place {
-        Place::Base(PlaceBase::Static(..)) => false,
-        Place::Base(PlaceBase::Local(..)) => true,
-        Place::Projection(box proj) => {
-            match proj.elem {
-                // Reborrow of already borrowed data is ignored
-                // Any errors will be caught on the initial borrow
-                ProjectionElem::Deref => false,
+    place.iterate(|place_base, place_projection| {
+        match place_base {
+            PlaceBase::Static(..) => return false,
+            PlaceBase::Local(..) => {},
+        }
 
-                // For interior references and downcasts, find out if the base is local
-                ProjectionElem::Field(..)
-                    | ProjectionElem::Index(..)
-                    | ProjectionElem::ConstantIndex { .. }
-                | ProjectionElem::Subslice { .. }
-                | ProjectionElem::Downcast(..) => borrow_of_local_data(&proj.base),
+        for proj in place_projection {
+            // Reborrow of already borrowed data is ignored
+            // Any errors will be caught on the initial borrow
+            if proj.elem == ProjectionElem::Deref {
+                return false;
             }
         }
-    }
+
+        true
+    })
 }