diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt.rs
index bb574954587ea..bd52957d162f2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ pub struct EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
     pub(super) search_graph: &'a mut SearchGraph<'tcx>,
 
     pub(super) nested_goals: NestedGoals<'tcx>,
+
+    // Has this `EvalCtxt` errored out with `NoSolution` in `try_evaluate_added_goals`?
+    //
+    // If so, then it can no longer be used to make a canonical query response,
+    // since subsequent calls to `try_evaluate_added_goals` have possibly dropped
+    // ambiguous goals. Instead, a probe needs to be introduced somewhere in the
+    // evaluation code.
+    tainted: Result<(), NoSolution>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -121,6 +129,7 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxtEvalExt<'tcx> for InferCtxt<'tcx> {
             max_input_universe: ty::UniverseIndex::ROOT,
             var_values: CanonicalVarValues::dummy(),
             nested_goals: NestedGoals::new(),
+            tainted: Ok(()),
         };
         let result = ecx.evaluate_goal(IsNormalizesToHack::No, goal);
 
@@ -172,6 +181,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 max_input_universe: canonical_goal.max_universe,
                 search_graph,
                 nested_goals: NestedGoals::new(),
+                tainted: Ok(()),
             };
             ecx.compute_goal(goal)
         })
@@ -391,6 +401,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             },
         );
 
+        if response.is_err() {
+            self.tainted = Err(NoSolution);
+        }
+
         self.nested_goals = goals;
         response
     }
@@ -404,6 +418,7 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
             max_input_universe: self.max_input_universe,
             search_graph: self.search_graph,
             nested_goals: self.nested_goals.clone(),
+            tainted: self.tainted,
         };
         self.infcx.probe(|_| f(&mut ecx))
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/canonical.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/canonical.rs
index 23cf0f0c724ba..2dea36811d80b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/canonical.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/solve/eval_ctxt/canonical.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ impl<'tcx> EvalCtxt<'_, 'tcx> {
         certainty: Certainty,
     ) -> QueryResult<'tcx> {
         let goals_certainty = self.try_evaluate_added_goals()?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            self.tainted,
+            Ok(()),
+            "EvalCtxt is tainted -- nested goals may have been dropped in a \
+            previous call to `try_evaluate_added_goals!`"
+        );
+
         let certainty = certainty.unify_with(goals_certainty);
 
         let external_constraints = self.compute_external_query_constraints()?;