1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Implicits.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Implicits.scala
index e2ad578252..7ed4fe1f88 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Implicits.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Implicits.scala
@@ -1475,8 +1475,10 @@ trait Implicits {
         })
 
       private lazy val typeParamNames: List[String] = sym.typeParams.map(_.decodedName)
+      private def typeArgsAtSym(paramTp: Type) = paramTp.baseType(sym).typeArgs
+
+      def format(paramName: Name, paramTp: Type): String = format(typeArgsAtSym(paramTp) map (_.toString))
 
-      def format(paramName: Name, paramTp: Type): String = format(paramTp.typeArgs map (_.toString))
       def format(typeArgs: List[String]): String =
         interpolate(msg, Map((typeParamNames zip typeArgs): _*)) // TODO: give access to the name and type of the implicit argument, etc?