diff --git a/crates/hir/src/code_model.rs b/crates/hir/src/code_model.rs
index 00b0dc08252..fc1a74641cc 100644
--- a/crates/hir/src/code_model.rs
+++ b/crates/hir/src/code_model.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use hir_def::{
     per_ns::PerNs,
     resolver::{HasResolver, Resolver},
     src::HasSource as _,
-    type_ref::{Mutability, TypeRef},
+    type_ref::TypeRef,
     AdtId, AssocContainerId, AssocItemId, AssocItemLoc, AttrDefId, ConstId, ConstParamId,
     DefWithBodyId, EnumId, FunctionId, GenericDefId, HasModule, ImplId, LifetimeParamId,
     LocalEnumVariantId, LocalFieldId, Lookup, ModuleId, StaticId, StructId, TraitId, TypeAliasId,
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ use hir_ty::{
     method_resolution,
     traits::{FnTrait, Solution, SolutionVariables},
     AliasTy, BoundVar, CallableDefId, CallableSig, Canonical, DebruijnIndex, GenericPredicate,
-    InEnvironment, Obligation, ProjectionPredicate, ProjectionTy, Scalar, Substs, TraitEnvironment,
-    Ty, TyDefId, TyVariableKind,
+    InEnvironment, Mutability, Obligation, ProjectionPredicate, ProjectionTy, Scalar, Substs,
+    TraitEnvironment, Ty, TyDefId, TyVariableKind,
 };
 use rustc_hash::FxHashSet;
 use stdx::{format_to, impl_from};
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ pub enum Access {
 impl From<Mutability> for Access {
     fn from(mutability: Mutability) -> Access {
         match mutability {
-            Mutability::Shared => Access::Shared,
+            Mutability::Not => Access::Shared,
             Mutability::Mut => Access::Exclusive,
         }
     }
@@ -865,7 +865,10 @@ impl SelfParam {
             .params
             .first()
             .map(|param| match *param {
-                TypeRef::Reference(.., mutability) => mutability.into(),
+                TypeRef::Reference(.., mutability) => match mutability {
+                    hir_def::type_ref::Mutability::Shared => Access::Shared,
+                    hir_def::type_ref::Mutability::Mut => Access::Exclusive,
+                },
                 _ => Access::Owned,
             })
             .unwrap_or(Access::Owned)
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/display.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/display.rs
index f3a4333cb74..d4a8b48e655 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/display.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/display.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::{
     TraitRef, Ty,
 };
 use arrayvec::ArrayVec;
+use chalk_ir::Mutability;
 use hir_def::{
     db::DefDatabase, find_path, generics::TypeParamProvenance, item_scope::ItemInNs, AdtId,
     AssocContainerId, HasModule, Lookup, ModuleId, TraitId,
@@ -291,9 +292,23 @@ impl HirDisplay for Ty {
                     t.into_displayable(f.db, f.max_size, f.omit_verbose_types, f.display_target);
 
                 if matches!(self, Ty::Raw(..)) {
-                    write!(f, "*{}", m.as_keyword_for_ptr())?;
+                    write!(
+                        f,
+                        "*{}",
+                        match m {
+                            Mutability::Not => "const ",
+                            Mutability::Mut => "mut ",
+                        }
+                    )?;
                 } else {
-                    write!(f, "&{}", m.as_keyword_for_ref())?;
+                    write!(
+                        f,
+                        "&{}",
+                        match m {
+                            Mutability::Not => "",
+                            Mutability::Mut => "mut ",
+                        }
+                    )?;
                 }
 
                 let datas;
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/infer.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/infer.rs
index 18a4f5e8af7..4d771a91e8d 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/infer.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/infer.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use std::mem;
 use std::ops::Index;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use chalk_ir::Mutability;
 use hir_def::{
     body::Body,
     data::{ConstData, FunctionData, StaticData},
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use hir_def::{
     lang_item::LangItemTarget,
     path::{path, Path},
     resolver::{HasResolver, Resolver, TypeNs},
-    type_ref::{Mutability, TypeRef},
+    type_ref::TypeRef,
     AdtId, AssocItemId, DefWithBodyId, EnumVariantId, FieldId, FunctionId, Lookup, TraitId,
     TypeAliasId, VariantId,
 };
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ impl BindingMode {
     fn convert(annotation: BindingAnnotation) -> BindingMode {
         match annotation {
             BindingAnnotation::Unannotated | BindingAnnotation::Mutable => BindingMode::Move,
-            BindingAnnotation::Ref => BindingMode::Ref(Mutability::Shared),
+            BindingAnnotation::Ref => BindingMode::Ref(Mutability::Not),
             BindingAnnotation::RefMut => BindingMode::Ref(Mutability::Mut),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/coerce.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/coerce.rs
index c33d8c61e4a..cf0a3add49d 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/coerce.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/coerce.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 //!
 //! See: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/coercions.html
 
-use chalk_ir::TyVariableKind;
-use hir_def::{lang_item::LangItemTarget, type_ref::Mutability};
+use chalk_ir::{Mutability, TyVariableKind};
+use hir_def::lang_item::LangItemTarget;
 use test_utils::mark;
 
 use crate::{autoderef, traits::Solution, Obligation, Substs, TraitRef, Ty};
@@ -73,20 +73,20 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
         match (&mut from_ty, to_ty) {
             // `*mut T` -> `*const T`
             // `&mut T` -> `&T`
-            (Ty::Raw(m1, ..), Ty::Raw(m2 @ Mutability::Shared, ..))
-            | (Ty::Ref(m1, ..), Ty::Ref(m2 @ Mutability::Shared, ..)) => {
+            (Ty::Raw(m1, ..), Ty::Raw(m2 @ Mutability::Not, ..))
+            | (Ty::Ref(m1, ..), Ty::Ref(m2 @ Mutability::Not, ..)) => {
                 *m1 = *m2;
             }
             // `&T` -> `*const T`
             // `&mut T` -> `*mut T`/`*const T`
-            (Ty::Ref(.., substs), &Ty::Raw(m2 @ Mutability::Shared, ..))
+            (Ty::Ref(.., substs), &Ty::Raw(m2 @ Mutability::Not, ..))
             | (Ty::Ref(Mutability::Mut, substs), &Ty::Raw(m2, ..)) => {
                 from_ty = Ty::Raw(m2, substs.clone());
             }
 
             // Illegal mutability conversion
-            (Ty::Raw(Mutability::Shared, ..), Ty::Raw(Mutability::Mut, ..))
-            | (Ty::Ref(Mutability::Shared, ..), Ty::Ref(Mutability::Mut, ..)) => return false,
+            (Ty::Raw(Mutability::Not, ..), Ty::Raw(Mutability::Mut, ..))
+            | (Ty::Ref(Mutability::Not, ..), Ty::Ref(Mutability::Mut, ..)) => return false,
 
             // `{function_type}` -> `fn()`
             (Ty::FnDef(..), Ty::Function { .. }) => match from_ty.callable_sig(self.db) {
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs
index 7852b3d23b1..cf1f1038a9b 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use std::iter::{repeat, repeat_with};
 use std::{mem, sync::Arc};
 
-use chalk_ir::TyVariableKind;
+use chalk_ir::{Mutability, TyVariableKind};
 use hir_def::{
     expr::{Array, BinaryOp, Expr, ExprId, Literal, Statement, UnaryOp},
     path::{GenericArg, GenericArgs},
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ use syntax::ast::RangeOp;
 use test_utils::mark;
 
 use crate::{
-    autoderef, method_resolution, op,
+    autoderef,
+    lower::lower_to_chalk_mutability,
+    method_resolution, op,
     primitive::{self, UintTy},
     traits::{FnTrait, InEnvironment},
     utils::{generics, variant_data, Generics},
-    Binders, CallableDefId, FnPointer, FnSig, Mutability, Obligation, OpaqueTyId, Rawness, Scalar,
-    Substs, TraitRef, Ty,
+    Binders, CallableDefId, FnPointer, FnSig, Obligation, OpaqueTyId, Rawness, Scalar, Substs,
+    TraitRef, Ty,
 };
 
 use super::{
@@ -462,10 +464,11 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                 cast_ty
             }
             Expr::Ref { expr, rawness, mutability } => {
+                let mutability = lower_to_chalk_mutability(*mutability);
                 let expectation = if let Some((exp_inner, exp_rawness, exp_mutability)) =
                     &expected.ty.as_reference_or_ptr()
                 {
-                    if *exp_mutability == Mutability::Mut && *mutability == Mutability::Shared {
+                    if *exp_mutability == Mutability::Mut && mutability == Mutability::Not {
                         // FIXME: throw type error - expected mut reference but found shared ref,
                         // which cannot be coerced
                     }
@@ -479,8 +482,8 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                 };
                 let inner_ty = self.infer_expr_inner(*expr, &expectation);
                 match rawness {
-                    Rawness::RawPtr => Ty::Raw(*mutability, Substs::single(inner_ty)),
-                    Rawness::Ref => Ty::Ref(*mutability, Substs::single(inner_ty)),
+                    Rawness::RawPtr => Ty::Raw(mutability, Substs::single(inner_ty)),
+                    Rawness::Ref => Ty::Ref(mutability, Substs::single(inner_ty)),
                 }
             }
             Expr::Box { expr } => {
@@ -684,11 +687,11 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
             }
             Expr::Literal(lit) => match lit {
                 Literal::Bool(..) => Ty::Scalar(Scalar::Bool),
-                Literal::String(..) => Ty::Ref(Mutability::Shared, Substs::single(Ty::Str)),
+                Literal::String(..) => Ty::Ref(Mutability::Not, Substs::single(Ty::Str)),
                 Literal::ByteString(..) => {
                     let byte_type = Ty::Scalar(Scalar::Uint(UintTy::U8));
                     let array_type = Ty::Array(Substs::single(byte_type));
-                    Ty::Ref(Mutability::Shared, Substs::single(array_type))
+                    Ty::Ref(Mutability::Not, Substs::single(array_type))
                 }
                 Literal::Char(..) => Ty::Scalar(Scalar::Char),
                 Literal::Int(_v, ty) => match ty {
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/pat.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/pat.rs
index a318e47f3ba..eb099311ca7 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/pat.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/infer/pat.rs
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 use std::iter::repeat;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use chalk_ir::Mutability;
 use hir_def::{
     expr::{BindingAnnotation, Expr, Literal, Pat, PatId, RecordFieldPat},
     path::Path,
-    type_ref::Mutability,
     FieldId,
 };
 use hir_expand::name::Name;
 use test_utils::mark;
 
 use super::{BindingMode, Expectation, InferenceContext};
-use crate::{utils::variant_data, Substs, Ty};
+use crate::{lower::lower_to_chalk_mutability, utils::variant_data, Substs, Ty};
 
 impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
     fn infer_tuple_struct_pat(
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                 expected = inner;
                 default_bm = match default_bm {
                     BindingMode::Move => BindingMode::Ref(mutability),
-                    BindingMode::Ref(Mutability::Shared) => BindingMode::Ref(Mutability::Shared),
+                    BindingMode::Ref(Mutability::Not) => BindingMode::Ref(Mutability::Not),
                     BindingMode::Ref(Mutability::Mut) => BindingMode::Ref(mutability),
                 }
             }
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                 }
             }
             Pat::Ref { pat, mutability } => {
+                let mutability = lower_to_chalk_mutability(*mutability);
                 let expectation = match expected.as_reference() {
                     Some((inner_ty, exp_mut)) => {
-                        if *mutability != exp_mut {
+                        if mutability != exp_mut {
                             // FIXME: emit type error?
                         }
                         inner_ty
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                     _ => &Ty::Unknown,
                 };
                 let subty = self.infer_pat(*pat, expectation, default_bm);
-                Ty::Ref(*mutability, Substs::single(subty))
+                Ty::Ref(mutability, Substs::single(subty))
             }
             Pat::TupleStruct { path: p, args: subpats, ellipsis } => self.infer_tuple_struct_pat(
                 p.as_ref(),
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/lib.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/lib.rs
index 9bcaf6fa72b..c2a20c480d0 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ use std::{iter, mem, ops::Deref, sync::Arc};
 
 use base_db::salsa;
 use hir_def::{
-    builtin_type::BuiltinType,
-    expr::ExprId,
-    type_ref::{Mutability, Rawness},
-    AdtId, AssocContainerId, DefWithBodyId, FunctionId, GenericDefId, HasModule, LifetimeParamId,
-    Lookup, TraitId, TypeAliasId, TypeParamId,
+    builtin_type::BuiltinType, expr::ExprId, type_ref::Rawness, AdtId, AssocContainerId,
+    DefWithBodyId, FunctionId, GenericDefId, HasModule, LifetimeParamId, Lookup, TraitId,
+    TypeAliasId, TypeParamId,
 };
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ pub use lower::{
 };
 pub use traits::{InEnvironment, Obligation, ProjectionPredicate, TraitEnvironment};
 
-pub use chalk_ir::{BoundVar, DebruijnIndex, Scalar, TyVariableKind};
+pub use chalk_ir::{BoundVar, DebruijnIndex, Mutability, Scalar, TyVariableKind};
 
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash)]
 pub enum Lifetime {
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/lower.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/lower.rs
index ca06c9fe2d3..1b5843d48a0 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/lower.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/lower.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use std::{iter, sync::Arc};
 
 use base_db::CrateId;
+use chalk_ir::Mutability;
 use hir_def::{
     adt::StructKind,
     builtin_type::BuiltinType,
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ impl Ty {
             }
             TypeRef::RawPtr(inner, mutability) => {
                 let inner_ty = Ty::from_hir(ctx, inner);
-                Ty::Raw(*mutability, Substs::single(inner_ty))
+                Ty::Raw(lower_to_chalk_mutability(*mutability), Substs::single(inner_ty))
             }
             TypeRef::Array(inner) => {
                 let inner_ty = Ty::from_hir(ctx, inner);
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ impl Ty {
             }
             TypeRef::Reference(inner, _, mutability) => {
                 let inner_ty = Ty::from_hir(ctx, inner);
-                Ty::Ref(*mutability, Substs::single(inner_ty))
+                Ty::Ref(lower_to_chalk_mutability(*mutability), Substs::single(inner_ty))
             }
             TypeRef::Placeholder => Ty::Unknown,
             TypeRef::Fn(params, is_varargs) => {
@@ -1259,3 +1260,10 @@ pub(crate) fn return_type_impl_traits(
         Some(Arc::new(Binders::new(num_binders, return_type_impl_traits)))
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn lower_to_chalk_mutability(m: hir_def::type_ref::Mutability) -> Mutability {
+    match m {
+        hir_def::type_ref::Mutability::Shared => Mutability::Not,
+        hir_def::type_ref::Mutability::Mut => Mutability::Mut,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/method_resolution.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/method_resolution.rs
index dd5109d4eec..f301a84777e 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/method_resolution.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/method_resolution.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ use std::{iter, sync::Arc};
 
 use arrayvec::ArrayVec;
 use base_db::CrateId;
+use chalk_ir::Mutability;
 use hir_def::{
-    lang_item::LangItemTarget, type_ref::Mutability, AdtId, AssocContainerId, AssocItemId,
-    FunctionId, GenericDefId, HasModule, ImplId, Lookup, ModuleId, TraitId, TypeAliasId,
+    lang_item::LangItemTarget, AdtId, AssocContainerId, AssocItemId, FunctionId, GenericDefId,
+    HasModule, ImplId, Lookup, ModuleId, TraitId, TypeAliasId,
 };
 use hir_expand::name::Name;
 use rustc_hash::{FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ impl Ty {
             }
             Ty::Str => lang_item_crate!("str_alloc", "str"),
             Ty::Slice(_) => lang_item_crate!("slice_alloc", "slice"),
-            Ty::Raw(Mutability::Shared, _) => lang_item_crate!("const_ptr"),
+            Ty::Raw(Mutability::Not, _) => lang_item_crate!("const_ptr"),
             Ty::Raw(Mutability::Mut, _) => lang_item_crate!("mut_ptr"),
             Ty::Dyn(_) => {
                 return self.dyn_trait().and_then(|trait_| {
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ fn iterate_method_candidates_with_autoref(
     }
     let refed = Canonical {
         kinds: deref_chain[0].kinds.clone(),
-        value: Ty::Ref(Mutability::Shared, Substs::single(deref_chain[0].value.clone())),
+        value: Ty::Ref(Mutability::Not, Substs::single(deref_chain[0].value.clone())),
     };
     if iterate_method_candidates_by_receiver(
         &refed,
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/traits/chalk/mapping.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/traits/chalk/mapping.rs
index 6e6055d809f..db1760e6c56 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/traits/chalk/mapping.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/traits/chalk/mapping.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use chalk_ir::{
 use chalk_solve::rust_ir;
 
 use base_db::salsa::InternKey;
-use hir_def::{type_ref::Mutability, AssocContainerId, GenericDefId, Lookup, TypeAliasId};
+use hir_def::{AssocContainerId, GenericDefId, Lookup, TypeAliasId};
 
 use crate::{
     db::HirDatabase,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl ToChalk for Ty {
             }
             Ty::Raw(mutability, substs) => {
                 let ty = substs[0].clone().to_chalk(db);
-                chalk_ir::TyKind::Raw(mutability.to_chalk(db), ty).intern(&Interner)
+                chalk_ir::TyKind::Raw(mutability, ty).intern(&Interner)
             }
             Ty::Slice(substs) => {
                 chalk_ir::TyKind::Slice(substs[0].clone().to_chalk(db)).intern(&Interner)
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ impl ToChalk for Ty {
                 Ty::Tuple(cardinality, from_chalk(db, subst))
             }
             chalk_ir::TyKind::Raw(mutability, ty) => {
-                Ty::Raw(from_chalk(db, mutability), Substs::single(from_chalk(db, ty)))
+                Ty::Raw(mutability, Substs::single(from_chalk(db, ty)))
             }
             chalk_ir::TyKind::Slice(ty) => Ty::Slice(Substs::single(from_chalk(db, ty))),
             chalk_ir::TyKind::Ref(mutability, _lifetime, ty) => {
-                Ty::Ref(from_chalk(db, mutability), Substs::single(from_chalk(db, ty)))
+                Ty::Ref(mutability, Substs::single(from_chalk(db, ty)))
             }
             chalk_ir::TyKind::Str => Ty::Str,
             chalk_ir::TyKind::Never => Ty::Never,
@@ -230,12 +230,12 @@ impl ToChalk for Ty {
 /// fake lifetime here, because Chalks built-in logic may expect it to be there.
 fn ref_to_chalk(
     db: &dyn HirDatabase,
-    mutability: Mutability,
+    mutability: chalk_ir::Mutability,
     subst: Substs,
 ) -> chalk_ir::Ty<Interner> {
     let arg = subst[0].clone().to_chalk(db);
     let lifetime = LifetimeData::Static.intern(&Interner);
-    chalk_ir::TyKind::Ref(mutability.to_chalk(db), lifetime, arg).intern(&Interner)
+    chalk_ir::TyKind::Ref(mutability, lifetime, arg).intern(&Interner)
 }
 
 /// We currently don't model constants, but Chalk does. So, we have to insert a
@@ -313,22 +313,6 @@ impl ToChalk for OpaqueTyId {
     }
 }
 
-impl ToChalk for Mutability {
-    type Chalk = chalk_ir::Mutability;
-    fn to_chalk(self, _db: &dyn HirDatabase) -> Self::Chalk {
-        match self {
-            Mutability::Shared => chalk_ir::Mutability::Not,
-            Mutability::Mut => chalk_ir::Mutability::Mut,
-        }
-    }
-    fn from_chalk(_db: &dyn HirDatabase, chalk: Self::Chalk) -> Self {
-        match chalk {
-            chalk_ir::Mutability::Mut => Mutability::Mut,
-            chalk_ir::Mutability::Not => Mutability::Shared,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl ToChalk for hir_def::ImplId {
     type Chalk = ImplId;