diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs b/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
index 55469e8ebc90..76e4fbe09c54 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1793,10 +1793,9 @@ pub fn in_automatically_derived(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, id: HirId) -> bool {
 
 /// Checks if the given `DefId` matches the `libc` item.
 pub fn match_libc_symbol(cx: &LateContext<'_>, did: DefId, name: Symbol) -> bool {
-    let path = cx.get_def_path(did);
     // libc is meant to be used as a flat list of names, but they're all actually defined in different
     // modules based on the target platform. Ignore everything but crate name and the item name.
-    path.first().is_some_and(|s| *s == sym::libc) && path.last().copied() == Some(name)
+    cx.tcx.crate_name(did.krate) == sym::libc && cx.tcx.def_path_str(did).ends_with(name.as_str())
 }
 
 /// Returns the list of condition expressions and the list of blocks in a