diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/abi.rs b/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/abi.rs
index d644cbccea1..73d2d278f93 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/abi.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/abi.rs
@@ -273,9 +273,11 @@ fn adjust_for_rust_scalar<'tcx>(
                 | PointerKind::UniqueBorrowed
                 | PointerKind::UniqueBorrowedPinned => false,
                 PointerKind::UniqueOwned => noalias_for_box,
-                PointerKind::Frozen => !is_return,
+                PointerKind::Frozen => true,
             };
-            if no_alias {
+            // We can never add `noalias` in return position; that LLVM attribute has some very surprising semantics
+            // (see <https://github.com/rust-lang/unsafe-code-guidelines/issues/385#issuecomment-1368055745>).
+            if no_alias && !is_return {
                 attrs.set(ArgAttribute::NoAlias);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/function-arguments.rs b/src/test/codegen/function-arguments.rs
index 44fee952307..0f9e90f6ba7 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/function-arguments.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/function-arguments.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pub fn raw_struct(_: *const S) {
 
 // `Box` can get deallocated during execution of the function, so it should
 // not get `dereferenceable`.
-// CHECK: noalias noundef nonnull align 4 {{i32\*|ptr}} @_box({{i32\*|ptr}} noalias noundef nonnull align 4 %x)
+// CHECK: noundef nonnull align 4 {{i32\*|ptr}} @_box({{i32\*|ptr}} noalias noundef nonnull align 4 %x)
 #[no_mangle]
 pub fn _box(x: Box<i32>) -> Box<i32> {
   x