diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
index 84e77e69ecff3..85bd8446640dd 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
@@ -336,10 +336,7 @@ where
                 match br {
                     // We only care about named late bound regions, as we need to add them
                     // to the 'for<>' section
-                    ty::BrNamed(_, name) => Some(GenericParamDef {
-                        name,
-                        kind: GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { outlives: vec![] },
-                    }),
+                    ty::BrNamed(_, name) => Some(GenericParamDef::lifetime(name)),
                     _ => None,
                 }
             })
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
index bfbe143c202a6..8a5463c10f210 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
@@ -245,10 +245,7 @@ fn build_external_function<'tcx>(cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>, did: DefId) -> Box<c
 
     let late_bound_regions = sig.bound_vars().into_iter().filter_map(|var| match var {
         ty::BoundVariableKind::Region(ty::BrNamed(_, name)) if name != kw::UnderscoreLifetime => {
-            Some(clean::GenericParamDef {
-                name,
-                kind: clean::GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { outlives: Vec::new() },
-            })
+            Some(clean::GenericParamDef::lifetime(name))
         }
         _ => None,
     });
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index d9947e59bf825..a83a57bfec3ae 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -182,10 +182,9 @@ fn clean_poly_trait_ref_with_bindings<'tcx>(
         .collect_referenced_late_bound_regions(&poly_trait_ref)
         .into_iter()
         .filter_map(|br| match br {
-            ty::BrNamed(_, name) if name != kw::UnderscoreLifetime => Some(GenericParamDef {
-                name,
-                kind: GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { outlives: vec![] },
-            }),
+            ty::BrNamed(_, name) if name != kw::UnderscoreLifetime => {
+                Some(GenericParamDef::lifetime(name))
+            }
             _ => None,
         })
         .collect();
@@ -741,10 +740,7 @@ fn clean_ty_generics<'tcx>(
                             p.get_bound_params()
                                 .into_iter()
                                 .flatten()
-                                .map(|param| GenericParamDef {
-                                    name: param.0,
-                                    kind: GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { outlives: Vec::new() },
-                                })
+                                .map(|param| GenericParamDef::lifetime(param.0))
                                 .collect(),
                         ));
                     }
@@ -1156,10 +1152,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_middle_assoc_item<'tcx>(
                 ty::BoundVariableKind::Region(ty::BrNamed(_, name))
                     if name != kw::UnderscoreLifetime =>
                 {
-                    Some(GenericParamDef {
-                        name,
-                        kind: GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { outlives: Vec::new() },
-                    })
+                    Some(GenericParamDef::lifetime(name))
                 }
                 _ => None,
             });
@@ -1720,10 +1713,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_middle_ty<'tcx>(
                     ty::BoundVariableKind::Region(ty::BrNamed(_, name))
                         if name != kw::UnderscoreLifetime =>
                     {
-                        Some(GenericParamDef {
-                            name,
-                            kind: GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { outlives: vec![] },
-                        })
+                        Some(GenericParamDef::lifetime(name))
                     }
                     _ => None,
                 })
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/simplify.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/simplify.rs
index cd9dab1b1d570..7d97d2994e460 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/simplify.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/simplify.rs
@@ -51,10 +51,7 @@ pub(crate) fn where_clauses(cx: &DocContext<'_>, clauses: Vec<WP>) -> ThinVec<WP
         let Some((bounds, _)) = tybounds.get_mut(ty) else { return true };
         let bound_params = bound_params
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|param| clean::GenericParamDef {
-                name: param.0,
-                kind: clean::GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { outlives: Vec::new() },
-            })
+            .map(|param| clean::GenericParamDef::lifetime(param.0))
             .collect();
         merge_bounds(cx, bounds, bound_params, trait_did, name, rhs)
     });
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index fea3690e50a21..bbedfdd0eafe0 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -1437,6 +1437,10 @@ pub(crate) struct GenericParamDef {
 }
 
 impl GenericParamDef {
+    pub(crate) fn lifetime(name: Symbol) -> Self {
+        Self { name, kind: GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { outlives: Vec::new() } }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn is_synthetic_type_param(&self) -> bool {
         match self.kind {
             GenericParamDefKind::Lifetime { .. } | GenericParamDefKind::Const { .. } => false,