diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/cast.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/cast.rs
index 0a230fca107..b312a3d30af 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/cast.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/cast.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum CastError {
-    ErrorGuaranteed,
+    ErrorGuaranteed(ErrorGuaranteed),
 
     CastToBool,
     CastToChar,
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ pub enum CastError {
 }
 
 impl From<ErrorGuaranteed> for CastError {
-    fn from(_: ErrorGuaranteed) -> Self {
-        CastError::ErrorGuaranteed
+    fn from(err: ErrorGuaranteed) -> Self {
+        CastError::ErrorGuaranteed(err)
     }
 }
 
@@ -225,11 +225,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CastCheck<'tcx> {
 
     fn report_cast_error(&self, fcx: &FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx>, e: CastError) {
         match e {
-            CastError::ErrorGuaranteed => {
+            CastError::ErrorGuaranteed(_) => {
                 // an error has already been reported
             }
             CastError::NeedDeref => {
-                let error_span = self.span;
                 let mut err = make_invalid_casting_error(
                     fcx.tcx.sess,
                     self.span,
@@ -237,21 +236,14 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> CastCheck<'tcx> {
                     self.cast_ty,
                     fcx,
                 );
-                let cast_ty = fcx.ty_to_string(self.cast_ty);
-                err.span_label(
-                    error_span,
-                    format!("cannot cast `{}` as `{}`", fcx.ty_to_string(self.expr_ty), cast_ty),
+
+                err.span_suggestion_verbose(
+                    self.expr_span.shrink_to_lo(),
+                    "dereference the expression",
+                    "*",
+                    Applicability::MachineApplicable,
                 );
-                if let Ok(snippet) = fcx.sess().source_map().span_to_snippet(self.expr_span) {
-                    err.span_suggestion(
-                        self.expr_span,
-                        "dereference the expression",
-                        format!("*{}", snippet),
-                        Applicability::MaybeIncorrect,
-                    );
-                } else {
-                    err.span_help(self.expr_span, "dereference the expression with `*`");
-                }
+
                 err.emit();
             }
             CastError::NeedViaThinPtr | CastError::NeedViaPtr => {
diff --git a/tests/ui/error-codes/E0606.stderr b/tests/ui/error-codes/E0606.stderr
index fce24886eb0..586b1f2fd54 100644
--- a/tests/ui/error-codes/E0606.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/error-codes/E0606.stderr
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ error[E0606]: casting `&u8` as `u8` is invalid
   --> $DIR/E0606.rs:2:5
    |
 LL |     &0u8 as u8;
-   |     ----^^^^^^
-   |     |
-   |     cannot cast `&u8` as `u8`
-   |     help: dereference the expression: `*&0u8`
+   |     ^^^^^^^^^^
+   |
+help: dereference the expression
+   |
+LL |     *&0u8 as u8;
+   |     +
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/error-festival.stderr b/tests/ui/error-festival.stderr
index fe9956b70bd..e8ee1d96942 100644
--- a/tests/ui/error-festival.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/error-festival.stderr
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ error[E0606]: casting `&u8` as `u32` is invalid
   --> $DIR/error-festival.rs:37:18
    |
 LL |     let y: u32 = x as u32;
-   |                  -^^^^^^^
-   |                  |
-   |                  cannot cast `&u8` as `u32`
-   |                  help: dereference the expression: `*x`
+   |                  ^^^^^^^^
+   |
+help: dereference the expression
+   |
+LL |     let y: u32 = *x as u32;
+   |                  +
 
 error[E0607]: cannot cast thin pointer `*const u8` to fat pointer `*const [u8]`
   --> $DIR/error-festival.rs:41:5
diff --git a/tests/ui/mismatched_types/cast-rfc0401.stderr b/tests/ui/mismatched_types/cast-rfc0401.stderr
index eab8e8e80c4..2a36a352c73 100644
--- a/tests/ui/mismatched_types/cast-rfc0401.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/mismatched_types/cast-rfc0401.stderr
@@ -243,10 +243,12 @@ error[E0606]: casting `&{float}` as `f32` is invalid
   --> $DIR/cast-rfc0401.rs:71:30
    |
 LL |     vec![0.0].iter().map(|s| s as f32).collect::<Vec<f32>>();
-   |                              -^^^^^^^
-   |                              |
-   |                              cannot cast `&{float}` as `f32`
-   |                              help: dereference the expression: `*s`
+   |                              ^^^^^^^^
+   |
+help: dereference the expression
+   |
+LL |     vec![0.0].iter().map(|s| *s as f32).collect::<Vec<f32>>();
+   |                              +
 
 error: aborting due to 34 previous errors