diff --git a/crates/hir-ty/src/infer/coerce.rs b/crates/hir-ty/src/infer/coerce.rs
index 366c3cb0f177..2fe90a8a9243 100644
--- a/crates/hir-ty/src/infer/coerce.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-ty/src/infer/coerce.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ impl CoerceMany {
         // pointers to have a chance at getting a match. See
         // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/7b805396bf46dce972692a6846ce2ad8481c5f85/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs#L877-L916
         let sig = match (self.merged_ty().kind(Interner), expr_ty.kind(Interner)) {
-            (TyKind::FnDef(x, _), TyKind::FnDef(y, _)) if x == y => None,
+            (TyKind::FnDef(x, _), TyKind::FnDef(y, _))
+                if x == y && ctx.table.unify(&self.merged_ty(), &expr_ty) =>
+            {
+                None
+            }
             (TyKind::Closure(x, _), TyKind::Closure(y, _)) if x == y => None,
             (TyKind::FnDef(..) | TyKind::Closure(..), TyKind::FnDef(..) | TyKind::Closure(..)) => {
                 // FIXME: we're ignoring safety here. To be more correct, if we have one FnDef and one Closure,
diff --git a/crates/hir-ty/src/tests/coercion.rs b/crates/hir-ty/src/tests/coercion.rs
index 273571901ad5..7992f1feeeb1 100644
--- a/crates/hir-ty/src/tests/coercion.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-ty/src/tests/coercion.rs
@@ -942,3 +942,19 @@ fn main() {
 "#,
     )
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn regression_18626() {
+    check_no_mismatches(
+        r#"
+fn f() {
+    trait T {
+        fn f() {}
+    }
+    impl T for i32 {}
+    impl T for u32 {}
+    &[i32::f, u32::f] as &[fn()];
+}
+    "#,
+    );
+}