diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
index 04495d2ea9b..9bc9bc6de5b 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
@@ -1519,8 +1519,11 @@ pub struct Resolver<'a, 'b: 'a> {
     /// The current self item if inside an ADT (used for better errors).
     current_self_item: Option<NodeId>,
 
-    /// FIXME: Refactor things so that this is passed through arguments and not resolver.
+    /// FIXME: Refactor things so that these fields are passed through arguments and not resolver.
+    /// We are resolving a last import segment during import validation.
     last_import_segment: bool,
+    /// This binding should be ignored during in-module resolution, so that we don't get
+    /// "self-confirming" import resolutions during import validation.
     blacklisted_binding: Option<&'a NameBinding<'a>>,
 
     /// The idents for the primitive types.
diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
index 65224badc83..f0268672082 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
@@ -42,10 +42,15 @@ use std::{mem, ptr};
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum ImportDirectiveSubclass<'a> {
     SingleImport {
+        /// `source` in `use prefix::source as target`.
         source: Ident,
+        /// `target` in `use prefix::source as target`.
         target: Ident,
+        /// Bindings to which `source` refers to.
         source_bindings: PerNS<Cell<Result<&'a NameBinding<'a>, Determinacy>>>,
+        /// Bindings introduced by `target`.
         target_bindings: PerNS<Cell<Option<&'a NameBinding<'a>>>>,
+        /// `true` for `...::{self [as target]}` imports, `false` otherwise.
         type_ns_only: bool,
     },
     GlobImport {
@@ -946,9 +951,12 @@ impl<'a, 'b:'a, 'c: 'b> ImportResolver<'a, 'b, 'c> {
                     // Consistency checks, analogous to `finalize_current_module_macro_resolutions`.
                     let initial_def = source_bindings[ns].get().map(|initial_binding| {
                         all_ns_err = false;
-                        if target.name == "_" &&
-                           initial_binding.is_extern_crate() && !initial_binding.is_import() {
-                            this.used_imports.insert((directive.id, TypeNS));
+                        if let Some(target_binding) = target_bindings[ns].get() {
+                            if target.name == "_" &&
+                               initial_binding.is_extern_crate() && !initial_binding.is_import() {
+                                this.record_use(ident, ns, target_binding,
+                                                directive.module_path.is_empty());
+                            }
                         }
                         initial_binding.def_ignoring_ambiguity()
                     });