diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 72ad8d12e6d7..a5a245367720 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1171,6 +1171,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&shadow::SHADOW_REUSE),
         LintId::of(&shadow::SHADOW_SAME),
         LintId::of(&strings::STRING_ADD),
+        LintId::of(&types::RC_BUFFER),
         LintId::of(&unwrap_in_result::UNWRAP_IN_RESULT),
         LintId::of(&verbose_file_reads::VERBOSE_FILE_READS),
         LintId::of(&write::PRINT_STDOUT),
@@ -1504,7 +1505,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&types::CHAR_LIT_AS_U8),
         LintId::of(&types::FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST),
         LintId::of(&types::FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST_WITH_TRUNCATION),
-        LintId::of(&types::RC_BUFFER),
         LintId::of(&types::REDUNDANT_ALLOCATION),
         LintId::of(&types::TYPE_COMPLEXITY),
         LintId::of(&types::UNIT_ARG),
@@ -1805,7 +1805,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&slow_vector_initialization::SLOW_VECTOR_INITIALIZATION),
         LintId::of(&stable_sort_primitive::STABLE_SORT_PRIMITIVE),
         LintId::of(&types::BOX_VEC),
-        LintId::of(&types::RC_BUFFER),
         LintId::of(&types::REDUNDANT_ALLOCATION),
         LintId::of(&vec::USELESS_VEC),
     ]);
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/types.rs b/clippy_lints/src/types.rs
index 17d950169fd3..5e83b6c81ec8 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/types.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/types.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// fn foo(interned: Rc<str>) { ... }
     /// ```
     pub RC_BUFFER,
-    perf,
+    restriction,
     "shared ownership of a buffer type"
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lintlist/mod.rs b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
index 0dba5a71c502..cc66b1a2db66 100644
--- a/src/lintlist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ pub static ref ALL_LINTS: Vec<Lint> = vec![
     },
     Lint {
         name: "rc_buffer",
-        group: "perf",
+        group: "restriction",
         desc: "shared ownership of a buffer type",
         deprecation: None,
         module: "types",