diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
index b2bdf9c7e6d..40bfa3715be 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use rustc_session::parse::{feature_err, ParseSess};
 use rustc_span::symbol::{kw, sym, Ident};
 
 use rustc_span::edition::Edition;
-use rustc_span::{Span, SyntaxContext};
+use rustc_span::Span;
 
 const VALID_FRAGMENT_NAMES_MSG: &str = "valid fragment specifiers are \
                                         `ident`, `block`, `stmt`, `expr`, `pat`, `ty`, `lifetime`, \
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub(super) fn parse(
                                             // `SyntaxContext::root()` from a foreign crate will
                                             // have the edition of that crate (which we manually
                                             // retrieve via the `edition` parameter).
-                                            if span.ctxt() == SyntaxContext::root() {
+                                            if span.ctxt().is_root() {
                                                 edition
                                             } else {
                                                 span.edition()
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs
index 2165403da26..6b036194381 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use rustc_middle::hir;
 use rustc_middle::mir::*;
 use rustc_middle::ty::TyCtxt;
 use rustc_session::config::MirSpanview;
-use rustc_span::{BytePos, Pos, Span, SyntaxContext};
+use rustc_span::{BytePos, Pos, Span};
 
 use std::cmp;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ fn compute_block_span(data: &BasicBlockData<'_>, body_span: Span) -> Span {
     let mut span = data.terminator().source_info.span;
     for statement_span in data.statements.iter().map(|statement| statement.source_info.span) {
         // Only combine Spans from the root context, and within the function's body_span.
-        if statement_span.ctxt() == SyntaxContext::root() && body_span.contains(statement_span) {
+        if statement_span.ctxt().is_root() && body_span.contains(statement_span) {
             span = span.to(statement_span);
         }
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/hygiene.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/hygiene.rs
index 0c7e36b3bef..9f2ff437842 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/hygiene.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/hygiene.rs
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ impl HygieneData {
             self.normalize_to_macro_rules(call_site_ctxt)
         };
 
-        if call_site_ctxt == SyntaxContext::root() {
+        if call_site_ctxt.is_root() {
             return self.apply_mark_internal(ctxt, expn_id, transparency);
         }
 
@@ -671,12 +671,17 @@ impl SyntaxContext {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn as_u32(self) -> u32 {
+    pub const fn is_root(self) -> bool {
+        self.0 == SyntaxContext::root().as_u32()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub(crate) const fn as_u32(self) -> u32 {
         self.0
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn from_u32(raw: u32) -> SyntaxContext {
+    pub(crate) const fn from_u32(raw: u32) -> SyntaxContext {
         SyntaxContext(raw)
     }
 
@@ -1500,7 +1505,7 @@ impl<CTX: HashStableContext> HashStable<CTX> for SyntaxContext {
         const TAG_EXPANSION: u8 = 0;
         const TAG_NO_EXPANSION: u8 = 1;
 
-        if *self == SyntaxContext::root() {
+        if self.is_root() {
             TAG_NO_EXPANSION.hash_stable(ctx, hasher);
         } else {
             TAG_EXPANSION.hash_stable(ctx, hasher);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
index eae3f0fa041..e7a53c63e83 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
@@ -826,9 +826,9 @@ impl Span {
         // Return the macro span on its own to avoid weird diagnostic output. It is preferable to
         // have an incomplete span than a completely nonsensical one.
         if span_data.ctxt != end_data.ctxt {
-            if span_data.ctxt == SyntaxContext::root() {
+            if span_data.ctxt.is_root() {
                 return end;
-            } else if end_data.ctxt == SyntaxContext::root() {
+            } else if end_data.ctxt.is_root() {
                 return self;
             }
             // Both spans fall within a macro.
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ impl Span {
         Span::new(
             cmp::min(span_data.lo, end_data.lo),
             cmp::max(span_data.hi, end_data.hi),
-            if span_data.ctxt == SyntaxContext::root() { end_data.ctxt } else { span_data.ctxt },
+            if span_data.ctxt.is_root() { end_data.ctxt } else { span_data.ctxt },
             if span_data.parent == end_data.parent { span_data.parent } else { None },
         )
     }
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ impl Span {
         Span::new(
             span.hi,
             end.lo,
-            if end.ctxt == SyntaxContext::root() { end.ctxt } else { span.ctxt },
+            if end.ctxt.is_root() { end.ctxt } else { span.ctxt },
             if span.parent == end.parent { span.parent } else { None },
         )
     }
@@ -879,9 +879,9 @@ impl Span {
         // Return the macro span on its own to avoid weird diagnostic output. It is preferable to
         // have an incomplete span than a completely nonsensical one.
         if span_data.ctxt != end_data.ctxt {
-            if span_data.ctxt == SyntaxContext::root() {
+            if span_data.ctxt.is_root() {
                 return end;
-            } else if end_data.ctxt == SyntaxContext::root() {
+            } else if end_data.ctxt.is_root() {
                 return self;
             }
             // Both spans fall within a macro.
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ impl Span {
         Span::new(
             span_data.lo,
             end_data.lo,
-            if end_data.ctxt == SyntaxContext::root() { end_data.ctxt } else { span_data.ctxt },
+            if end_data.ctxt.is_root() { end_data.ctxt } else { span_data.ctxt },
             if span_data.parent == end_data.parent { span_data.parent } else { None },
         )
     }