diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/as_rvalue.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/as_rvalue.rs
index 92a2a7bc17a8b..1345531f3c67a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/as_rvalue.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/as_rvalue.rs
@@ -185,21 +185,26 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
                 //     match x { _ => () } // fake read of `x`
                 // };
                 // ```
-                for (thir_place, cause, hir_id) in fake_reads.into_iter() {
-                    let place_builder =
-                        unpack!(block = this.as_place_builder(block, &this.thir[*thir_place]));
-
-                    if let Ok(place_builder_resolved) =
-                        place_builder.try_upvars_resolved(this.tcx, this.typeck_results)
-                    {
-                        let mir_place =
-                            place_builder_resolved.into_place(this.tcx, this.typeck_results);
-                        this.cfg.push_fake_read(
-                            block,
-                            this.source_info(this.tcx.hir().span(*hir_id)),
-                            *cause,
-                            mir_place,
-                        );
+                //
+                // FIXME(RFC2229, rust#85435): Remove feature gate once diagnostics are
+                // improved and unsafe checking works properly in closure bodies again.
+                if this.tcx.features().capture_disjoint_fields {
+                    for (thir_place, cause, hir_id) in fake_reads.into_iter() {
+                        let place_builder =
+                            unpack!(block = this.as_place_builder(block, &this.thir[*thir_place]));
+
+                        if let Ok(place_builder_resolved) =
+                            place_builder.try_upvars_resolved(this.tcx, this.typeck_results)
+                        {
+                            let mir_place =
+                                place_builder_resolved.into_place(this.tcx, this.typeck_results);
+                            this.cfg.push_fake_read(
+                                block,
+                                this.source_info(this.tcx.hir().span(*hir_id)),
+                                *cause,
+                                mir_place,
+                            );
+                        }
                     }
                 }