diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/print.rs b/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
index de4047df81c5d..100e344d94180 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
             if i > 0 {
                 word(&mut self.s, "::")?
             }
-            if segment.name != keywords::CrateRoot.name() {
+            if segment.name != keywords::CrateRoot.name() && segment.name != "$crate" {
                 self.print_name(segment.name)?;
                 self.print_path_parameters(&segment.parameters, colons_before_params)?;
             }
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                     if i > 0 {
                         word(&mut self.s, "::")?
                     }
-                    if segment.name != keywords::CrateRoot.name() {
+                    if segment.name != keywords::CrateRoot.name() && segment.name != "$crate" {
                         self.print_name(segment.name)?;
                         self.print_path_parameters(&segment.parameters, colons_before_params)?;
                     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
index e9c1cbcba61db..7558f0256da18 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
@@ -2351,7 +2351,8 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
             if i > 0 {
                 try!(word(&mut self.s, "::"))
             }
-            if segment.identifier.name != keywords::CrateRoot.name() {
+            if segment.identifier.name != keywords::CrateRoot.name() &&
+               segment.identifier.name != "$crate" {
                 try!(self.print_ident(segment.identifier));
                 if let Some(ref parameters) = segment.parameters {
                     try!(self.print_path_parameters(parameters, colons_before_params));
diff --git a/src/test/pretty/issue-4264.pp b/src/test/pretty/issue-4264.pp
index fdb7f9c68b99d..6c74e7758c4ab 100644
--- a/src/test/pretty/issue-4264.pp
+++ b/src/test/pretty/issue-4264.pp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 
 
-                  (($crate::fmt::format as
+                  ((::fmt::format as
                        fn(std::fmt::Arguments<'_>) -> std::string::String {std::fmt::format})(((<::std::fmt::Arguments>::new_v1
                                                                                                    as
                                                                                                    fn(&[&str], &[std::fmt::ArgumentV1<'_>]) -> std::fmt::Arguments<'_> {std::fmt::Arguments<'_>::new_v1})(({