diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index f3ddf21206..582299bc9e 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -27909,7 +27909,9 @@ fn resolveInferredErrorSetTy(
 fn semaStructFields(mod: *Module, struct_obj: *Module.Struct) CompileError!void {
     const gpa = mod.gpa;
     const decl_index = struct_obj.owner_decl;
-    const zir = struct_obj.namespace.file_scope.zir;
+    const file_scope = struct_obj.namespace.file_scope;
+    if (file_scope.status != .success_zir) return error.AnalysisFail;
+    const zir = file_scope.zir;
     const extended = zir.instructions.items(.data)[struct_obj.zir_index].extended;
     assert(extended.opcode == .struct_decl);
     const small = @bitCast(Zir.Inst.StructDecl.Small, extended.small);
diff --git a/test/compile_errors.zig b/test/compile_errors.zig
index f8ede21a9d..60de07d1e3 100644
--- a/test/compile_errors.zig
+++ b/test/compile_errors.zig
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pub fn addCases(ctx: *TestContext) !void {
     }
 
     {
-        const case = ctx.obj("argument causes error ", .{});
+        const case = ctx.obj("argument causes error", .{});
         case.backend = .stage2;
 
         case.addSourceFile("b.zig",
@@ -208,6 +208,23 @@ pub fn addCases(ctx: *TestContext) !void {
         });
     }
 
+    {
+        const case = ctx.obj("astgen failure in file struct", .{});
+        case.backend = .stage2;
+
+        case.addSourceFile("b.zig",
+            \\bad
+        );
+
+        case.addError(
+            \\pub export fn entry() void {
+            \\    _ = (@sizeOf(@import("b.zig")));
+            \\}
+        , &[_][]const u8{
+            ":1:1: error: struct field missing type",
+        });
+    }
+
     // TODO test this in stage2, but we won't even try in stage1
     //ctx.objErrStage1("inline fn calls itself indirectly",
     //    \\export fn foo() void {