diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
index 00248220212..3cb1a9e994f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
             self.lower_ty(&f.ty, ImplTraitContext::disallowed())
         };
         let hir_id = self.lower_node_id(f.id);
+        self.lower_attrs(hir_id, &f.attrs);
         hir::StructField {
             span: f.span,
             hir_id,
@@ -812,7 +813,6 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
             },
             vis: self.lower_visibility(&f.vis, None),
             ty,
-            attrs: self.lower_attrs(hir_id, &f.attrs),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
index 0b767d41312..5f56cca5fc9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
@@ -2631,7 +2631,6 @@ pub struct StructField<'hir> {
     pub vis: Visibility<'hir>,
     pub hir_id: HirId,
     pub ty: &'hir Ty<'hir>,
-    pub attrs: &'hir [Attribute],
 }
 
 impl StructField<'_> {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs
index 19e038df6bb..5f2498c231e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                     self.popen();
                     self.commasep(Inconsistent, struct_def.fields(), |s, field| {
                         s.maybe_print_comment(field.span.lo());
-                        s.print_outer_attributes(&field.attrs);
+                        s.print_outer_attributes(s.attrs(field.hir_id));
                         s.print_visibility(&field.vis);
                         s.print_type(&field.ty)
                     });
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                 for field in struct_def.fields() {
                     self.hardbreak_if_not_bol();
                     self.maybe_print_comment(field.span.lo());
-                    self.print_outer_attributes(&field.attrs);
+                    self.print_outer_attributes(self.attrs(field.hir_id));
                     self.print_visibility(&field.vis);
                     self.print_ident(field.ident);
                     self.word_nbsp(":");
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_save_analysis/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_save_analysis/src/lib.rs
index b3f281bcabc..2bd7aa58afa 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_save_analysis/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_save_analysis/src/lib.rs
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ impl<'tcx> SaveContext<'tcx> {
 
         let id = id_from_def_id(field_def_id);
         let span = self.span_from_span(field.ident.span);
+        let attrs = self.tcx.hir().attrs(field.hir_id);
 
         Some(Def {
             kind: DefKind::Field,
@@ -398,9 +399,9 @@ impl<'tcx> SaveContext<'tcx> {
             parent: Some(id_from_def_id(scope_def_id)),
             children: vec![],
             decl_id: None,
-            docs: self.docs_for_attrs(&field.attrs),
+            docs: self.docs_for_attrs(attrs),
             sig: sig::field_signature(field, self),
-            attributes: lower_attributes(field.attrs.to_vec(), self),
+            attributes: lower_attributes(attrs.to_vec(), self),
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/missing_doc.rs b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/missing_doc.rs
index 8665a2d71b6..e82fe9f0100 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/missing_doc.rs
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/missing_doc.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for MissingDoc {
 
     fn check_struct_field(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, sf: &'tcx hir::StructField<'_>) {
         if !sf.is_positional() {
-            self.check_missing_docs_attrs(cx, &sf.attrs, sf.span, "a", "struct field");
+            let attrs = cx.tcx.hir().attrs(sf.hir_id);
+            self.check_missing_docs_attrs(cx, attrs, sf.span, "a", "struct field");
         }
     }