diff --git a/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig b/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
index c12c230c69..65fea1ae2e 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/Ast.zig
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn renderToArrayList(tree: Ast, buffer: *std.ArrayList(u8)) RenderError!void
 
 /// Returns an extra offset for column and byte offset of errors that
 /// should point after the token in the error message.
-pub fn errorOffset(tree:Ast, error_tag: Error.Tag, token: TokenIndex) u32 {
+pub fn errorOffset(tree: Ast, error_tag: Error.Tag, token: TokenIndex) u32 {
     return switch (error_tag) {
         .expected_semi_after_decl,
         .expected_semi_after_stmt,
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/parse.zig b/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
index 3b9679f62d..9c6f873748 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
@@ -3229,6 +3229,10 @@ const Parser = struct {
                         .rhs = p.nextToken(),
                     },
                 }),
+                .l_brace => {
+                    // this a misplaced `.{`, handle the error somewhere else
+                    return null_node;
+                },
                 else => {
                     p.tok_i += 1;
                     try p.warn(.expected_suffix_op);