diff --git a/lib/std/zig/parse.zig b/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
index 021b028455..a449f6ae0f 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/parse.zig
@@ -1584,18 +1584,13 @@ const Parser = struct {
                     _ = p.nextToken();
                     const asterisk = p.nextToken();
                     var sentinel: Node.Index = 0;
-                    prefix: {
-                        if (p.eatToken(.identifier)) |ident| {
-                            const token_slice = p.source[p.token_starts[ident]..][0..2];
-                            if (!std.mem.eql(u8, token_slice, "c]")) {
-                                p.tok_i -= 1;
-                            } else {
-                                break :prefix;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        if (p.eatToken(.colon)) |_| {
-                            sentinel = try p.expectExpr();
+                    if (p.eatToken(.identifier)) |ident| {
+                        const ident_slice = p.source[p.token_starts[ident]..p.token_starts[ident + 1]];
+                        if (!std.mem.eql(u8, std.mem.trimRight(u8, ident_slice, &std.ascii.spaces), "c")) {
+                            p.tok_i -= 1;
                         }
+                    } else if (p.eatToken(.colon)) |_| {
+                        sentinel = try p.expectExpr();
                     }
                     _ = try p.expectToken(.r_bracket);
                     const mods = try p.parsePtrModifiers();
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig b/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
index 57f081decb..f69f0598dd 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
@@ -5259,6 +5259,14 @@ test "recovery: nonfinal varargs" {
     });
 }
 
+test "recovery: eof in c pointer" {
+    try testError(
+        \\const Ptr = [*c
+    , &[_]Error{
+        .expected_token,
+    });
+}
+
 const std = @import("std");
 const mem = std.mem;
 const print = std.debug.print;