diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs b/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
index d513af10b3618..a345e94ebda0b 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
@@ -1145,8 +1145,8 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> MemCategorizationContext<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                     }
                 }
                 Some(Def::Struct(..)) => {
-                    let expected_len = match self.pat_ty(&pat) {
-                        Ok(&ty::TyS{sty: ty::TyStruct(adt_def, _), ..}) => {
+                    let expected_len = match self.pat_ty(&pat)?.sty {
+                        ty::TyStruct(adt_def, _) => {
                             adt_def.struct_variant().fields.len()
                         }
                         ref ty => {
@@ -1196,8 +1196,8 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> MemCategorizationContext<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
 
           PatKind::Tuple(ref subpats, ddpos) => {
             // (p1, ..., pN)
-            let expected_len = match self.pat_ty(&pat) {
-                Ok(&ty::TyS{sty: ty::TyTuple(ref tys), ..}) => tys.len(),
+            let expected_len = match self.pat_ty(&pat)?.sty {
+                ty::TyTuple(ref tys) => tys.len(),
                 ref ty => span_bug!(pat.span, "tuple pattern unexpected type {:?}", ty),
             };
             for (i, subpat) in subpats.iter().enumerate_and_adjust(expected_len, ddpos) {
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-34334.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-34334.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ffcd052369d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-34334.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+fn main () {
+    let sr: Vec<(u32, _, _) = vec![]; //~ ERROR expected one of `+`, `,`, or `>`, found `=`
+    let sr2: Vec<(u32, _, _)> = sr.iter().map(|(faction, th_sender, th_receiver)| {}).collect();
+    //~^ ERROR unresolved name `sr`
+}