diff --git a/compiler/stable_mir/src/crate_def.rs b/compiler/stable_mir/src/crate_def.rs
index 8c6fd99f98a1c..2577c281ca4f2 100644
--- a/compiler/stable_mir/src/crate_def.rs
+++ b/compiler/stable_mir/src/crate_def.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,27 @@ use crate::{Crate, Symbol, with};
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize)]
 pub struct DefId(pub(crate) usize);
 
+impl DefId {
+    /// Return fully qualified name of this definition
+    pub fn name(&self) -> Symbol {
+        with(|cx| cx.def_name(*self, false))
+    }
+
+    /// Return a trimmed name of this definition.
+    ///
+    /// This can be used to print more user friendly diagnostic messages.
+    ///
+    /// If a symbol name can only be imported from one place for a type, and as
+    /// long as it was not glob-imported anywhere in the current crate, we trim its
+    /// path and print only the name.
+    ///
+    /// For example, this function may shorten `std::vec::Vec` to just `Vec`,
+    /// as long as there is no other `Vec` importable anywhere.
+    pub fn trimmed_name(&self) -> Symbol {
+        with(|cx| cx.def_name(*self, true))
+    }
+}
+
 /// A trait for retrieving information about a particular definition.
 ///
 /// Implementors must provide the implementation of `def_id` which will be used to retrieve
@@ -19,24 +40,17 @@ pub trait CrateDef {
     fn def_id(&self) -> DefId;
 
     /// Return the fully qualified name of the current definition.
+    ///
+    /// See [`DefId::name`] for more details
     fn name(&self) -> Symbol {
-        let def_id = self.def_id();
-        with(|cx| cx.def_name(def_id, false))
+        self.def_id().name()
     }
 
     /// Return a trimmed name of this definition.
     ///
-    /// This can be used to print more user friendly diagnostic messages.
-    ///
-    /// If a symbol name can only be imported from one place for a type, and as
-    /// long as it was not glob-imported anywhere in the current crate, we trim its
-    /// path and print only the name.
-    ///
-    /// For example, this function may shorten `std::vec::Vec` to just `Vec`,
-    /// as long as there is no other `Vec` importable anywhere.
+    /// See [`DefId::trimmed_name`] for more details
     fn trimmed_name(&self) -> Symbol {
-        let def_id = self.def_id();
-        with(|cx| cx.def_name(def_id, true))
+        self.def_id().trimmed_name()
     }
 
     /// Return information about the crate where this definition is declared.
diff --git a/compiler/stable_mir/src/lib.rs b/compiler/stable_mir/src/lib.rs
index 0b4cebadad1d4..8df36e23c4a21 100644
--- a/compiler/stable_mir/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/stable_mir/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ pub type CrateNum = usize;
 
 impl Debug for DefId {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("DefId")
-            .field("id", &self.0)
-            .field("name", &with(|cx| cx.def_name(*self, false)))
-            .finish()
+        f.debug_struct("DefId").field("id", &self.0).field("name", &self.name()).finish()
     }
 }