diff --git a/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs b/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
index 56f10b03d62de..2a2e15c05ef8d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ use crate::core::DocContext;
 use crate::fold::DocFolder;
 use crate::formats::Impl;
 use crate::formats::item_type::ItemType;
-use crate::html::markdown::short_markdown_summary;
 use crate::html::render::IndexItem;
-use crate::html::render::search_index::get_function_type_for_search;
 use crate::visit_lib::RustdocEffectiveVisibilities;
 
 /// This cache is used to store information about the [`clean::Crate`] being
@@ -574,7 +572,6 @@ fn add_item_to_search_index(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, cache: &mut Cache, item: &clean::It
 
     debug_assert!(!item.is_stripped());
 
-    let desc = short_markdown_summary(&item.doc_value(), &item.link_names(cache));
     // For searching purposes, a re-export is a duplicate if:
     //
     // - It's either an inline, or a true re-export
@@ -585,31 +582,18 @@ fn add_item_to_search_index(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, cache: &mut Cache, item: &clean::It
         _ => item_def_id,
     };
     let (impl_id, trait_parent) = cache.parent_stack_last_impl_and_trait_id();
-    let search_type = get_function_type_for_search(
-        item,
+    let index_item = IndexItem::new(
         tcx,
-        clean_impl_generics(cache.parent_stack.last()).as_ref(),
-        parent_did,
         cache,
-    );
-    let aliases = item.attrs.get_doc_aliases();
-    let deprecation = item.deprecation(tcx);
-    let index_item = IndexItem {
-        ty: item.type_(),
-        defid: Some(defid),
-        name,
-        module_path: parent_path.to_vec(),
-        desc,
-        parent: parent_did,
-        parent_idx: None,
-        trait_parent,
-        trait_parent_idx: None,
-        exact_module_path: None,
+        item,
+        Some(name),
+        Some(defid),
+        parent_path.to_vec(),
+        parent_did,
         impl_id,
-        search_type,
-        aliases,
-        deprecation,
-    };
+        trait_parent,
+        clean_impl_generics(cache.parent_stack.last()).as_ref(),
+    );
 
     cache.search_index.push(index_item);
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 8740b5935973c..bde5f93a5c8dc 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, info};
 pub(crate) use self::context::*;
 pub(crate) use self::span_map::{LinkFromSrc, collect_spans_and_sources};
 pub(crate) use self::write_shared::*;
-use crate::clean::{self, ItemId, RenderedLink};
+use crate::clean::{self, Item, ItemId, RenderedLink};
 use crate::display::{Joined as _, MaybeDisplay as _};
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::formats::Impl;
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ use crate::html::format::{
     print_impl, print_path, print_type, print_where_clause, visibility_print_with_space,
 };
 use crate::html::markdown::{
-    HeadingOffset, IdMap, Markdown, MarkdownItemInfo, MarkdownSummaryLine,
+    HeadingOffset, IdMap, Markdown, MarkdownItemInfo, MarkdownSummaryLine, short_markdown_summary,
 };
+use crate::html::render::search_index::get_function_type_for_search;
 use crate::html::static_files::SCRAPE_EXAMPLES_HELP_MD;
 use crate::html::{highlight, sources};
 use crate::scrape_examples::{CallData, CallLocation};
@@ -144,6 +145,43 @@ pub(crate) struct IndexItem {
     pub(crate) deprecation: Option<Deprecation>,
 }
 
+impl IndexItem {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        tcx: TyCtxt<'_>,
+        cache: &Cache,
+        item: &Item,
+        name: Option<Symbol>,
+        defid: Option<DefId>,
+        module_path: Vec<Symbol>,
+        parent_did: Option<DefId>,
+        impl_id: Option<DefId>,
+        trait_parent: Option<DefId>,
+        impl_generics: Option<&(clean::Type, clean::Generics)>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let desc = short_markdown_summary(&item.doc_value(), &item.link_names(cache));
+        let search_type = get_function_type_for_search(item, tcx, impl_generics, parent_did, cache);
+        let aliases = item.attrs.get_doc_aliases();
+        let deprecation = item.deprecation(tcx);
+
+        Self {
+            ty: item.type_(),
+            defid: defid.or_else(|| item.item_id.as_def_id()),
+            name: name.or(item.name).unwrap(),
+            module_path,
+            desc,
+            parent: parent_did,
+            parent_idx: None,
+            trait_parent,
+            trait_parent_idx: None,
+            exact_module_path: None,
+            impl_id,
+            search_type,
+            aliases,
+            deprecation,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A type used for the search index.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 struct RenderType {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/search_index.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/search_index.rs
index da6840c72f5b1..269dbf3292b8c 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/search_index.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/search_index.rs
@@ -1257,29 +1257,18 @@ pub(crate) fn build_index(
         &cache.orphan_impl_items
     {
         if let Some((fqp, _)) = cache.paths.get(&parent) {
-            let desc = short_markdown_summary(&item.doc_value(), &item.link_names(cache));
-            search_index.push(IndexItem {
-                ty: item.type_(),
-                defid: item.item_id.as_def_id(),
-                name: item.name.unwrap(),
-                module_path: fqp[..fqp.len() - 1].to_vec(),
-                desc,
-                parent: Some(parent),
-                parent_idx: None,
-                trait_parent,
-                trait_parent_idx: None,
-                exact_module_path: None,
+            search_index.push(IndexItem::new(
+                tcx,
+                cache,
+                item,
+                None,
+                None,
+                fqp[..fqp.len() - 1].to_vec(),
+                None,
                 impl_id,
-                search_type: get_function_type_for_search(
-                    item,
-                    tcx,
-                    impl_generics.as_ref(),
-                    Some(parent),
-                    cache,
-                ),
-                aliases: item.attrs.get_doc_aliases(),
-                deprecation: item.deprecation(tcx),
-            });
+                trait_parent,
+                impl_generics.as_ref(),
+            ));
         }
     }