diff --git a/gcc/c-family/c-attribs.cc b/gcc/c-family/c-attribs.cc
index c885d888a06..111a33f405a 100644
--- a/gcc/c-family/c-attribs.cc
+++ b/gcc/c-family/c-attribs.cc
@@ -806,6 +806,8 @@ decl_or_type_attrs (tree node)
 	return attrs;
 
       tree type = TREE_TYPE (node);
+      if (type == error_mark_node)
+	return NULL_TREE;
       return TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (type);
     }
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr98198.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr98198.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..489afae9986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr98198.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+static inline void sub_1 ( ) { 
+	struct struct_1 var_9 , var_10
+}
+
+static int var_9[1] __attribute__ ( ( section ( ".data" ) ) ) ; 
+/* { dg-excess-errors "" } */