diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/db.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/db.rs
index cf67d42662..9da0a02e33 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/db.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/db.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pub trait HirDatabase: DefDatabase + Upcast<dyn DefDatabase> {
     fn trait_environment(&self, def: GenericDefId) -> Arc<crate::TraitEnvironment>;
 
     #[salsa::invoke(crate::lower::generic_defaults_query)]
+    #[salsa::cycle(crate::lower::generic_defaults_recover)]
     fn generic_defaults(&self, def: GenericDefId) -> Arc<[Binders<Ty>]>;
 
     #[salsa::invoke(InherentImpls::inherent_impls_in_crate_query)]
diff --git a/crates/hir_ty/src/lower.rs b/crates/hir_ty/src/lower.rs
index 7fd46becdb..d01933e6ba 100644
--- a/crates/hir_ty/src/lower.rs
+++ b/crates/hir_ty/src/lower.rs
@@ -1089,6 +1089,27 @@ pub(crate) fn generic_defaults_query(
     defaults
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn generic_defaults_recover(
+    db: &dyn HirDatabase,
+    _cycle: &[String],
+    def: &GenericDefId,
+) -> Arc<[Binders<Ty>]> {
+    let generic_params = generics(db.upcast(), *def);
+
+    // we still need one default per parameter
+    let defaults = generic_params
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(idx, _)| {
+            let ty = TyKind::Error.intern(&Interner);
+
+            crate::make_only_type_binders(idx, ty)
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    defaults
+}
+
 fn fn_sig_for_fn(db: &dyn HirDatabase, def: FunctionId) -> PolyFnSig {
     let data = db.function_data(def);
     let resolver = def.resolver(db.upcast());