diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes.rs
index 3360e389c44a96b8c45be45d9ef680170d0f8bb4..e167f0ad9ee0ccbbe588be45bfc2cb7536625bbc 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
                 }
             }
 
-            clean::ViewItemItem(..) => {
+            clean::ViewItemItem(..) |
+            clean::ModuleItem(..) => {
                 if i.visibility != Some(ast::Public) {
                     return None
                 }
@@ -140,9 +141,6 @@ fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
                 }
             }
 
-            // handled below
-            clean::ModuleItem(..) => {}
-
             // trait impls for private items should be stripped
             clean::ImplItem(clean::Impl{ for_: clean::ResolvedPath{ id: ref for_id, .. }, .. }) => {
                 if !self.exported_items.contains(for_id) {