diff --git a/gcc/rust/ast/rust-path.h b/gcc/rust/ast/rust-path.h
index 2df1506923d7..1bbac6883e1c 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/ast/rust-path.h
+++ b/gcc/rust/ast/rust-path.h
@@ -727,9 +727,9 @@ class PathInExpression : public Pattern, public ExprWithoutBlock
   }
 
   // Creates an error state path in expression.
-  static PathInExpression create_error ()
+  static PathInExpression create_error (location_t locus = UNDEF_LOCATION)
   {
-    return PathInExpression ({}, {}, UNDEF_LOCATION);
+    return PathInExpression ({}, {}, locus);
   }
 
   // Returns whether path in expression is in an error state.
diff --git a/gcc/rust/parse/rust-parse-impl.h b/gcc/rust/parse/rust-parse-impl.h
index aff81448deae..0fd29cbf3247 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/parse/rust-parse-impl.h
+++ b/gcc/rust/parse/rust-parse-impl.h
@@ -6713,9 +6713,8 @@ Parser<ManagedTokenSource>::parse_path_in_expression ()
   AST::PathExprSegment initial_segment = parse_path_expr_segment ();
   if (initial_segment.is_error ())
     {
-      // skip after somewhere?
-      // don't necessarily throw error but yeah
-      return AST::PathInExpression::create_error ();
+      rust_error_at (locus, "expected identifier");
+      return AST::PathInExpression::create_error (locus);
     }
   segments.push_back (std::move (initial_segment));
 
@@ -10444,7 +10443,7 @@ Parser<ManagedTokenSource>::parse_pattern ()
     {
       lexer.skip_token ();
       alts.push_back (parse_pattern_no_alt ());
-    }
+  }
 
   while (lexer.peek_token ()->get_id () == PIPE);
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/paamayim-nekudotayim.rs b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/paamayim-nekudotayim.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59f80feb6452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/paamayim-nekudotayim.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// http://phpsadness.com/sad/1
+fn main() {
+    ::;
+    // { dg-error "expected identifier" "" { target *-*-* } .-1 }
+}