diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/explain_borrow.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/explain_borrow.rs
index 638d89f5bcbdb..6bcfa9d8bf9a7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/explain_borrow.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/explain_borrow.rs
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ impl<'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'_, '_, 'tcx> {
                 }
             }
 
-            Some(Cause::DropVar(local, location)) => {
+            Some(Cause::DropVar(local, location)) if !is_local_boring(local) => {
                 let mut should_note_order = false;
                 if self.local_name(local).is_some()
                     && let Some((WriteKind::StorageDeadOrDrop, place)) = kind_place
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ impl<'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'_, '_, 'tcx> {
                 }
             }
 
-            Some(Cause::LiveVar(..)) | None => {
+            Some(Cause::LiveVar(..) | Cause::DropVar(..)) | None => {
                 // Here, under NLL: no cause was found. Under polonius: no cause was found, or a
                 // boring local was found, which we ignore like NLLs do to match its diagnostics.
                 if let Some(region) = self.to_error_region_vid(borrow_region_vid) {
diff --git a/tests/ui/nll/polonius/lending-iterator-sanity-checks.polonius.stderr b/tests/ui/nll/polonius/lending-iterator-sanity-checks.polonius.stderr
index bf8546b63bf30..fa201b89048af 100644
--- a/tests/ui/nll/polonius/lending-iterator-sanity-checks.polonius.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/nll/polonius/lending-iterator-sanity-checks.polonius.stderr
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 error[E0499]: cannot borrow `*t` as mutable more than once at a time
   --> $DIR/lending-iterator-sanity-checks.rs:19:19
    |
+LL | fn use_live<T: LendingIterator>(t: &mut T) -> Option<(T::Item<'_>, T::Item<'_>)> {
+   |                                    - let's call the lifetime of this reference `'1`
 LL |     let Some(i) = t.next() else { return None };
    |                   - first mutable borrow occurs here
 LL |     let Some(j) = t.next() else { return None };
    |                   ^ second mutable borrow occurs here
 ...
-LL | }
-   | - first borrow might be used here, when `i` is dropped and runs the destructor for type `<T as LendingIterator>::Item<'_>`
+LL |     Some((i, j))
+   |     ------------ returning this value requires that `*t` is borrowed for `'1`
 
 error[E0499]: cannot borrow `*t` as mutable more than once at a time
   --> $DIR/lending-iterator-sanity-checks.rs:31:13