diff --git a/serde/src/ser/fmt.rs b/serde/src/ser/fmt.rs
index bc9623c6..f6e890d4 100644
--- a/serde/src/ser/fmt.rs
+++ b/serde/src/ser/fmt.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Serializer for &'a mut fmt::Formatter<'b> {
         Display::fmt(variant, self)
     }
 
+    fn serialize_newtype_struct<T: ?Sized>(self, _name: &'static str, value: &T) -> fmt::Result
+    where
+        T: Serialize,
+    {
+        Serialize::serialize(value, self)
+    }
+
     fn serialize_bytes(self, _v: &[u8]) -> fmt::Result {
         Err(fmt::Error)
     }
@@ -73,13 +80,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Serializer for &'a mut fmt::Formatter<'b> {
         Err(fmt::Error)
     }
 
-    fn serialize_newtype_struct<T: ?Sized>(self, _name: &'static str, _value: &T) -> fmt::Result
-    where
-        T: Serialize,
-    {
-        Err(fmt::Error)
-    }
-
     fn serialize_newtype_variant<T: ?Sized>(
         self,
         _name: &'static str,