diff --git a/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d b/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
index 935369d3e2..b8d50768b0 100644
--- a/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
+++ b/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
@@ -5963,6 +5963,8 @@ void templateInstanceSemantic(TemplateInstance tempinst, Scope* sc, Expressions*
     }
 
     tempinst.hasNestedArgs(tempinst.tiargs, tempdecl.isstatic);
+    if (tempinst.errors)
+        goto Lerror;
 
     // Copy the tempdecl namespace (not the scope one)
     tempinst.cppnamespace = tempdecl.cppnamespace;
diff --git a/test/fail_compilation/fail21648.d b/test/fail_compilation/fail21648.d
deleted file mode 100644
index b94313094a..0000000000
--- a/test/fail_compilation/fail21648.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// REQUIRED_ARGS: -de
-/*
-TEST_OUTPUT:
----
-fail_compilation/fail21648.d(10): Error: undefined identifier `semantics`
----
-*/
-
-template bla() {
-    semantics error;
-}
-
-struct Type {
-    enum e = __traits(compiles, Type.init);
-    static if (bla!()) { }
-}