diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/check_loans.rs b/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/check_loans.rs
index 2f24a8ceb2465..a41dfdade0f38 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/check_loans.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/check_loans.rs
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ pub impl<'self> CheckLoanCtxt<'self> {
         // We don't use cat_expr() here because we don't want to treat
         // auto-ref'd parameters in overloaded operators as rvalues.
         let cmt = match self.bccx.tcx.adjustments.find(&expr.id) {
-            None => self.bccx.cat_expr_unadjusted(expr),
-            Some(&adj) => self.bccx.cat_expr_autoderefd(expr, adj)
+            None => self.bccx.cat_expr_unadjusted(expr, false),
+            Some(&adj) => self.bccx.cat_expr_autoderefd(expr, adj, false)
         };
 
         debug!("check_assignment(cmt=%s)", cmt.repr(self.tcx()));
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs b/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs
index 64d32d713d0da..3f294ffffce31 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs
@@ -248,7 +248,14 @@ pub impl GatherLoanCtxt {
                 let mcx = &mc::mem_categorization_ctxt {
                     tcx: self.tcx(),
                     method_map: self.bccx.method_map};
-                let cmt = mcx.cat_expr_autoderefd(expr, autoderefs);
+                let mutbl = match *autoref {
+                    ty::AutoPtr(_, m) => m,
+                    ty::AutoBorrowVec(_, m) => m,
+                    ty::AutoBorrowVecRef(_, m) => m,
+                    ty::AutoUnsafe(m) => m,
+                    _ => ast::m_imm
+                };
+                let cmt = mcx.cat_expr_autoderefd(expr, autoderefs, mutbl == m_mutbl);
                 debug!("after autoderef, cmt=%s", cmt.repr(self.tcx()));
 
                 match *autoref {
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/mod.rs b/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/mod.rs
index 0f01b2b1e418e..7a40b2c783252 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/borrowck/mod.rs
@@ -424,23 +424,23 @@ pub impl BorrowckCtxt {
         mc::cat_expr(self.tcx, self.method_map, expr)
     }
 
-    fn cat_expr_unadjusted(&self, expr: @ast::expr) -> mc::cmt {
-        mc::cat_expr_unadjusted(self.tcx, self.method_map, expr)
+    fn cat_expr_unadjusted(&self, expr: @ast::expr, mutbl: bool) -> mc::cmt {
+        mc::cat_expr_unadjusted(self.tcx, self.method_map, expr, mutbl)
     }
 
     fn cat_expr_autoderefd(&self, expr: @ast::expr,
-                           adj: @ty::AutoAdjustment) -> mc::cmt {
+                           adj: @ty::AutoAdjustment, mutbl: bool) -> mc::cmt {
         match *adj {
             ty::AutoAddEnv(*) => {
                 // no autoderefs
-                mc::cat_expr_unadjusted(self.tcx, self.method_map, expr)
+                mc::cat_expr_unadjusted(self.tcx, self.method_map, expr, mutbl)
             }
 
             ty::AutoDerefRef(
                 ty::AutoDerefRef {
                     autoderefs: autoderefs, _}) => {
                 mc::cat_expr_autoderefd(self.tcx, self.method_map, expr,
-                                        autoderefs)
+                                        autoderefs, mutbl)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs b/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
index 95ed7fe8efcd5..b4351d353f50c 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
@@ -219,24 +219,26 @@ pub fn cat_expr(tcx: ty::ctxt,
 
 pub fn cat_expr_unadjusted(tcx: ty::ctxt,
                            method_map: typeck::method_map,
-                           expr: @ast::expr)
+                           expr: @ast::expr,
+                           mutbl: bool)
                         -> cmt {
     let mcx = &mem_categorization_ctxt {
         tcx: tcx, method_map: method_map
     };
-    return mcx.cat_expr_unadjusted(expr);
+    return mcx.cat_expr_unadjusted(expr, mutbl);
 }
 
 pub fn cat_expr_autoderefd(
     tcx: ty::ctxt,
     method_map: typeck::method_map,
     expr: @ast::expr,
-    autoderefs: uint) -> cmt
+    autoderefs: uint,
+    mutbl: bool) -> cmt
 {
     let mcx = &mem_categorization_ctxt {
         tcx: tcx, method_map: method_map
     };
-    return mcx.cat_expr_autoderefd(expr, autoderefs);
+    return mcx.cat_expr_autoderefd(expr, autoderefs, mutbl);
 }
 
 pub fn cat_def(
@@ -333,24 +335,31 @@ pub impl mem_categorization_ctxt {
         match self.tcx.adjustments.find(&expr.id) {
             None => {
                 // No adjustments.
-                self.cat_expr_unadjusted(expr)
+                self.cat_expr_unadjusted(expr, false)
             }
 
             Some(&@ty::AutoAddEnv(*)) => {
                 // Convert a bare fn to a closure by adding NULL env.
                 // Result is an rvalue.
                 let expr_ty = ty::expr_ty_adjusted(self.tcx, expr);
-                self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty)
+                self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty, false)
             }
 
             Some(
                 &@ty::AutoDerefRef(
                     ty::AutoDerefRef {
-                        autoref: Some(_), _})) => {
+                        autoref: Some(autoref), _})) => {
                 // Equivalent to &*expr or something similar.
                 // Result is an rvalue.
                 let expr_ty = ty::expr_ty_adjusted(self.tcx, expr);
-                self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty)
+                let mutbl = match autoref {
+                    ty::AutoPtr(_, m) => m,
+                    ty::AutoBorrowVec(_, m) => m,
+                    ty::AutoBorrowVecRef(_, m) => m,
+                    ty::AutoUnsafe(m) => m,
+                    _ => ast::m_imm
+                };
+                self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty, mutbl == m_mutbl)
             }
 
             Some(
@@ -358,22 +367,23 @@ pub impl mem_categorization_ctxt {
                     ty::AutoDerefRef {
                         autoref: None, autoderefs: autoderefs})) => {
                 // Equivalent to *expr or something similar.
-                self.cat_expr_autoderefd(expr, autoderefs)
+                self.cat_expr_autoderefd(expr, autoderefs, false)
             }
         }
     }
 
     fn cat_expr_autoderefd(&self,
                            expr: @ast::expr,
-                           autoderefs: uint) -> cmt {
-        let mut cmt = self.cat_expr_unadjusted(expr);
+                           autoderefs: uint,
+                           mutbl: bool) -> cmt {
+        let mut cmt = self.cat_expr_unadjusted(expr, mutbl);
         for uint::range(1, autoderefs+1) |deref| {
             cmt = self.cat_deref(expr, cmt, deref);
         }
         return cmt;
     }
 
-    fn cat_expr_unadjusted(&self, expr: @ast::expr) -> cmt {
+    fn cat_expr_unadjusted(&self, expr: @ast::expr, mutbl: bool) -> cmt {
         debug!("cat_expr: id=%d expr=%s",
                expr.id, pprust::expr_to_str(expr, self.tcx.sess.intr()));
 
@@ -381,7 +391,7 @@ pub impl mem_categorization_ctxt {
         match expr.node {
           ast::expr_unary(ast::deref, e_base) => {
             if self.method_map.contains_key(&expr.id) {
-                return self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty);
+                return self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty, mutbl);
             }
 
             let base_cmt = self.cat_expr(e_base);
@@ -399,7 +409,7 @@ pub impl mem_categorization_ctxt {
 
           ast::expr_index(base, _) => {
             if self.method_map.contains_key(&expr.id) {
-                return self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty);
+                return self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty, mutbl);
             }
 
             let base_cmt = self.cat_expr(base);
@@ -411,7 +421,7 @@ pub impl mem_categorization_ctxt {
             self.cat_def(expr.id, expr.span, expr_ty, def)
           }
 
-          ast::expr_paren(e) => self.cat_expr_unadjusted(e),
+          ast::expr_paren(e) => self.cat_expr_unadjusted(e, mutbl),
 
           ast::expr_addr_of(*) | ast::expr_call(*) |
           ast::expr_assign(*) | ast::expr_assign_op(*) |
@@ -424,7 +434,7 @@ pub impl mem_categorization_ctxt {
           ast::expr_match(*) | ast::expr_lit(*) | ast::expr_break(*) |
           ast::expr_mac(*) | ast::expr_again(*) | ast::expr_struct(*) |
           ast::expr_repeat(*) | ast::expr_inline_asm(*) => {
-            return self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty);
+            return self.cat_rvalue(expr, expr_ty, mutbl);
           }
         }
     }
@@ -546,13 +556,13 @@ pub impl mem_categorization_ctxt {
         }
     }
 
-    fn cat_rvalue<N:ast_node>(&self, elt: N, expr_ty: ty::t) -> cmt {
+    fn cat_rvalue<N:ast_node>(&self, elt: N, expr_ty: ty::t, mutbl: bool) -> cmt {
         @cmt_ {
-            id:elt.id(),
-            span:elt.span(),
-            cat:cat_rvalue,
-            mutbl:McImmutable,
-            ty:expr_ty
+            id: elt.id(),
+            span: elt.span(),
+            cat: cat_rvalue,
+            mutbl: if mutbl { McDeclared } else { McImmutable },
+            ty: expr_ty
         }
     }
 
@@ -907,7 +917,7 @@ pub impl mem_categorization_ctxt {
               }
               for slice.each |&slice_pat| {
                   let slice_ty = self.pat_ty(slice_pat);
-                  let slice_cmt = self.cat_rvalue(pat, slice_ty);
+                  let slice_cmt = self.cat_rvalue(pat, slice_ty, false);
                   self.cat_pattern(slice_cmt, slice_pat, op);
               }
               for after.each |&after_pat| {
diff --git a/src/libuv b/src/libuv
index 97ac7c087a0ca..218ab86721eef 160000
--- a/src/libuv
+++ b/src/libuv
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 97ac7c087a0caf6b0f611b80e14f7fe3cb18bb27
+Subproject commit 218ab86721eefd7b7e97fa6d9f95a80a1fa8686c
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/rvalue-borrow-as-mut.rs b/src/test/run-pass/rvalue-borrow-as-mut.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c195ee1f1e9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/rvalue-borrow-as-mut.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+struct Foo {
+    x: int
+}
+
+impl Foo {
+    fn bar(&mut self) {
+        self.x = 21;
+    }
+    fn baz(&self) {
+        
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn main() {
+    Foo { x: 42 }.bar();
+    Foo { x: 42 }.baz();
+}