diff --git a/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/sort_items.rs b/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/sort_items.rs
index 6a37a72996..7307325e49 100644
--- a/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/sort_items.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/sort_items.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ trait AddRewrite {
         label: &str,
         old: Vec<T>,
         new: Vec<T>,
-        target: SyntaxNode,
+        target: &SyntaxNode,
     ) -> Option<()>;
 }
 
@@ -124,15 +124,14 @@ impl AddRewrite for Assists {
         label: &str,
         old: Vec<T>,
         new: Vec<T>,
-        target: SyntaxNode,
+        target: &SyntaxNode,
     ) -> Option<()> {
-        let node = old.first().unwrap().syntax().parent().unwrap();
         self.add(
             AssistId("sort_items", AssistKind::RefactorRewrite),
             label,
             target.text_range(),
             |builder| {
-                let mut editor = builder.make_editor(&node);
+                let mut editor = builder.make_editor(target);
 
                 old.into_iter().zip(new).for_each(|(old, new)| {
                     // FIXME: remove `clone_for_update` when `SyntaxEditor` handles it for us
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ fn add_sort_methods_assist(
         return None;
     }
 
-    acc.add_rewrite("Sort methods alphabetically", methods, sorted, item_list.syntax().clone())
+    acc.add_rewrite("Sort methods alphabetically", methods, sorted, item_list.syntax())
 }
 
 fn add_sort_fields_assist(
@@ -191,12 +190,7 @@ fn add_sort_fields_assist(
         return None;
     }
 
-    acc.add_rewrite(
-        "Sort fields alphabetically",
-        fields,
-        sorted,
-        record_field_list.syntax().clone(),
-    )
+    acc.add_rewrite("Sort fields alphabetically", fields, sorted, record_field_list.syntax())
 }
 
 fn add_sort_variants_assist(acc: &mut Assists, variant_list: ast::VariantList) -> Option<()> {
@@ -208,7 +202,7 @@ fn add_sort_variants_assist(acc: &mut Assists, variant_list: ast::VariantList) -
         return None;
     }
 
-    acc.add_rewrite("Sort variants alphabetically", variants, sorted, variant_list.syntax().clone())
+    acc.add_rewrite("Sort variants alphabetically", variants, sorted, variant_list.syntax())
 }
 
 fn sort_by_name<T: HasName + Clone>(initial: &[T]) -> Vec<T> {