--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
+index 887d27fd6dca4..2c2239f2b83d1 100644
+--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
++++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
+@@ -806,8 +806,8 @@ pub fn make_test_description<R: Read>(
+ cfg: Option<&str>,
+ ) -> test::TestDesc {
+ let mut ignore = false;
+ #[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+- let ignore_message: Option<String> = None;
++ let ignore_message: Option<&str> = None;
+ let mut should_fail = false;
+
+ let rustc_has_profiler_support = env::var_os("RUSTC_PROFILER_SUPPORT").is_some();