diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/collector.rs b/src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/collector.rs
index d43da5392ab8ed197b7b7da046850a2704411233..446ef6bd32876b63dce95e1b156cf90a05b5cb54 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/collector.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/collector.rs
@@ -1068,7 +1068,6 @@ fn create_mono_items_for_default_impls<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>,
                    def_id_to_string(tcx, impl_def_id));
 
             if let Some(trait_ref) = tcx.impl_trait_ref(impl_def_id) {
-                let callee_substs = tcx.erase_regions(&trait_ref.substs);
                 let overridden_methods: FxHashSet<_> =
                     impl_item_refs.iter()
                                   .map(|iiref| iiref.name)
@@ -1082,10 +1081,15 @@ fn create_mono_items_for_default_impls<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>,
                         continue;
                     }
 
+                    let substs = Substs::for_item(tcx,
+                                                  method.def_id,
+                                                  |_, _| tcx.types.re_erased,
+                                                  |def, _| trait_ref.substs.type_for_def(def));
+
                     let instance = ty::Instance::resolve(tcx,
                                                          ty::ParamEnv::reveal_all(),
                                                          method.def_id,
-                                                         callee_substs).unwrap();
+                                                         substs).unwrap();
 
                     let mono_item = create_fn_mono_item(instance);
                     if mono_item.is_instantiable(tcx)
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-47309.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-47309.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7141bd62dc0d2f5362eeb6965352b67d36667e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-47309.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// Make sure that the mono-item collector does not crash when trying to
+// instantiate a default impl of a method with lifetime parameters.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/47309
+
+// compile-flags:-Clink-dead-code
+// must-compile-successfully
+
+#![crate_type="rlib"]
+
+pub trait EnvFuture {
+    type Item;
+
+    fn boxed_result<'a>(self) where Self: Sized, Self::Item: 'a, {
+    }
+}
+
+struct Foo;
+
+impl<'a> EnvFuture for &'a Foo {
+    type Item = ();
+}