diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs b/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
index 42ad571cf2832..99cae00fafc23 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
@@ -3742,7 +3742,7 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
                 }
                 ForeignItemKind::Static(ref t, m) => {
                     hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(
-                        self.lower_ty(t, ImplTraitContext::disallowed()), m)
+                        self.lower_ty(t, ImplTraitContext::disallowed()), self.lower_mutability(m))
                 }
                 ForeignItemKind::Ty => hir::ForeignItemKind::Type,
                 ForeignItemKind::Macro(_) => panic!("shouldn't exist here"),
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs b/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
index 7ed8c08c92337..630c163bcaf54 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
@@ -2405,9 +2405,8 @@ pub struct ForeignItem {
 pub enum ForeignItemKind {
     /// A foreign function.
     Fn(P<FnDecl>, HirVec<Ident>, Generics),
-    /// A foreign static item (`static ext: u8`), with optional mutability
-    /// (the boolean is true when mutable).
-    Static(P<Ty>, bool),
+    /// A foreign static item (`static ext: u8`).
+    Static(P<Ty>, Mutability),
     /// A foreign type.
     Type,
 }
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/print.rs b/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
index d1020a2d151d4..dc87e13b739d6 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
             }
             hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(ref t, m) => {
                 self.head(visibility_qualified(&item.vis, "static"))?;
-                if m {
+                if m == hir::MutMutable {
                     self.word_space("mut")?;
                 }
                 self.print_ident(item.ident)?;
diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/encoder.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/encoder.rs
index 796d2f6a18ba3..a0f17a55a8756 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/encoder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/encoder.rs
@@ -1647,8 +1647,8 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a, 'tcx: 'b> IsolatedEncoder<'a, 'b, 'tcx> {
                 };
                 EntryKind::ForeignFn(self.lazy(&data))
             }
-            hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(_, true) => EntryKind::ForeignMutStatic,
-            hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(_, false) => EntryKind::ForeignImmStatic,
+            hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(_, hir::MutMutable) => EntryKind::ForeignMutStatic,
+            hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(_, hir::MutImmutable) => EntryKind::ForeignImmStatic,
             hir::ForeignItemKind::Type => EntryKind::ForeignType,
         };
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_save_analysis/sig.rs b/src/librustc_save_analysis/sig.rs
index 76034f32c741c..90fe6a60dd77a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_save_analysis/sig.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_save_analysis/sig.rs
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ impl Sig for ast::ForeignItem {
             }
             ast::ForeignItemKind::Static(ref ty, m) => {
                 let mut text = "static ".to_owned();
-                if m {
+                if m == ast::Mutability::Mutable {
                     text.push_str("mut ");
                 }
                 let name = self.ident.to_string();
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs
index 5c0c2fece3dd5..afb30af054f3f 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs
@@ -2369,10 +2369,10 @@ fn static_mutability<'a, 'tcx>(
     match tcx.hir().get_if_local(def_id) {
         Some(Node::Item(&hir::Item {
             node: hir::ItemKind::Static(_, mutbl, _), ..
-        })) => Some(mutbl),
+        })) |
         Some(Node::ForeignItem( &hir::ForeignItem {
             node: hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(_, mutbl), ..
-        })) => Some(if mutbl { hir::MutMutable } else { hir::MutImmutable }),
+        })) => Some(mutbl),
         Some(_) => None,
         _ => bug!("static_mutability applied to non-local def-id {:?}", def_id),
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 66fe7f177e624..586ae6659bb07 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -4055,7 +4055,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for hir::ForeignItem {
             hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(ref ty, mutbl) => {
                 ForeignStaticItem(Static {
                     type_: ty.clean(cx),
-                    mutability: if mutbl {Mutable} else {Immutable},
+                    mutability: mutbl.clean(cx),
                     expr: String::new(),
                 })
             }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
index 0668730b3ef01..a5472c622e645 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
@@ -2340,9 +2340,8 @@ pub struct ForeignItem {
 pub enum ForeignItemKind {
     /// A foreign function.
     Fn(P<FnDecl>, Generics),
-    /// A foreign static item (`static ext: u8`), with optional mutability.
-    /// (The boolean is `true` for mutable items).
-    Static(P<Ty>, bool),
+    /// A foreign static item (`static ext: u8`).
+    Static(P<Ty>, Mutability),
     /// A foreign type.
     Ty,
     /// A macro invocation.
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 29d2d2ad73d62..233ea472e98f4 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -7683,7 +7683,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Assumes that the `static` keyword is already parsed.
     fn parse_item_foreign_static(&mut self, vis: ast::Visibility, lo: Span, attrs: Vec<Attribute>)
                                  -> PResult<'a, ForeignItem> {
-        let mutbl = self.eat_keyword(keywords::Mut);
+        let mutbl = self.parse_mutability();
         let ident = self.parse_ident()?;
         self.expect(&token::Colon)?;
         let ty = self.parse_ty()?;
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
index ca05ff71c9433..d94e4762e6718 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
             }
             ast::ForeignItemKind::Static(ref t, m) => {
                 self.head(visibility_qualified(&item.vis, "static"))?;
-                if m {
+                if m == ast::Mutability::Mutable {
                     self.word_space("mut")?;
                 }
                 self.print_ident(item.ident)?;