diff --git a/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs b/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs
index 4bd8e6afa76..530f266aa1f 100644
--- a/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs
@@ -1009,7 +1009,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                     let node_id = scope.node_id(self.tcx, &self.region_scope_tree);
                     match self.tcx.hir.find(node_id) {
                         Some(hir_map::NodeStmt(_)) => {
-                            db.note("consider using a `let` binding to increase its lifetime");
+                            if *sub_scope != ty::ReStatic {
+                                db.note("consider using a `let` binding to increase its lifetime");
+                            }
+
                         }
                         _ => {}
                     }