diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/write.rs b/clippy_lints/src/write.rs
index a019e23a301..0b52981bfa5 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/write.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/write.rs
@@ -290,22 +290,24 @@ fn check_tts(cx: &EarlyContext<'a>, tts: &ThinTokenStream, is_write: bool) -> Op
                 idx += 1;
             },
             ExprKind::Assign(lhs, rhs) => {
-                if let ExprKind::Path(_, p) = &lhs.node {
-                    let mut all_simple = true;
-                    let mut seen = false;
-                    for arg in &args {
-                        match arg.position {
-                            | ArgumentImplicitlyIs(_)
-                            | ArgumentIs(_)
-                            => {},
-                            ArgumentNamed(name) => if *p == name {
-                                seen = true;
-                                all_simple &= arg.format == SIMPLE;
-                            },
+                if let ExprKind::Lit(_) = rhs.node {
+                    if let ExprKind::Path(_, p) = &lhs.node {
+                        let mut all_simple = true;
+                        let mut seen = false;
+                        for arg in &args {
+                            match arg.position {
+                                | ArgumentImplicitlyIs(_)
+                                | ArgumentIs(_)
+                                => {},
+                                ArgumentNamed(name) => if *p == name {
+                                    seen = true;
+                                    all_simple &= arg.format == SIMPLE;
+                                },
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if all_simple && seen {
+                            span_lint(cx, lint, rhs.span, "literal with an empty format string");
                         }
-                    }
-                    if all_simple && seen {
-                        span_lint(cx, lint, rhs.span, "literal with an empty format string");
                     }
                 }
             },
diff --git a/tests/ui/print_literal.rs b/tests/ui/print_literal.rs
index 272e1c168d3..620349bab33 100644
--- a/tests/ui/print_literal.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/print_literal.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ fn main() {
     println!("Hello");
     let world = "world";
     println!("Hello {}", world);
+    println!("Hello {world}", world=world);
     println!("3 in hex is {:X}", 3);
     println!("2 + 1 = {:.4}", 3);
     println!("2 + 1 = {:5.4}", 3);
diff --git a/tests/ui/write_literal.rs b/tests/ui/write_literal.rs
index b09640a18eb..fe1f83a2790 100644
--- a/tests/ui/write_literal.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/write_literal.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ fn main() {
     writeln!(&mut v, "Hello");
     let world = "world";
     writeln!(&mut v, "Hello {}", world);
+    writeln!(&mut v, "Hello {world}", world);
     writeln!(&mut v, "3 in hex is {:X}", 3);
     writeln!(&mut v, "2 + 1 = {:.4}", 3);
     writeln!(&mut v, "2 + 1 = {:5.4}", 3);