diff --git a/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/_match.rs b/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/_match.rs
index f502a92086..02472e0c0e 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/_match.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/_match.rs
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_snapshot!(
             check_diagnostic_message(content),
-            @"\"{\\n                }\": Missing match arm\n"
+            @"\"()\": Missing match arm\n"
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/diagnostics.rs b/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/diagnostics.rs
index 3457905e22..8cbce11686 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/diagnostics.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ impl AstDiagnostic for MissingFields {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct MissingMatchArms {
     pub file: HirFileId,
+    pub match_expr: AstPtr<ast::Expr>,
     pub arms: AstPtr<ast::MatchArmList>,
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ impl Diagnostic for MissingMatchArms {
         String::from("Missing match arm")
     }
     fn source(&self) -> InFile<SyntaxNodePtr> {
-        InFile { file_id: self.file, value: self.arms.into() }
+        InFile { file_id: self.file, value: self.match_expr.into() }
     }
     fn as_any(&self) -> &(dyn Any + Send + 'static) {
         self
diff --git a/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/expr.rs b/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/expr.rs
index 6efed6f9e2..19323fda12 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/expr.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/expr.rs
@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@ impl<'a, 'b> ExprValidator<'a, 'b> {
             if let Some(expr) = source_ptr.value.left() {
                 let root = source_ptr.file_syntax(db.upcast());
                 if let ast::Expr::MatchExpr(match_expr) = expr.to_node(&root) {
-                    if let Some(arms) = match_expr.match_arm_list() {
+                    if let (Some(match_expr), Some(arms)) =
+                        (match_expr.expr(), match_expr.match_arm_list())
+                    {
                         self.sink.push(MissingMatchArms {
                             file: source_ptr.file_id,
+                            match_expr: AstPtr::new(&match_expr),
                             arms: AstPtr::new(&arms),
                         })
                     }