diff --git a/gcc/cp/pt.c b/gcc/cp/pt.c
index 07b9956c6b0..9732e3b78c7 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/pt.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/pt.c
@@ -19633,6 +19633,8 @@ tsubst_copy_and_build (tree t,
 
 	if (placement == NULL_TREE)
 	  placement_vec = NULL;
+	else if (placement == error_mark_node)
+	  RETURN (error_mark_node);
 	else
 	  {
 	    placement_vec = make_tree_vector ();
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/cast6.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/cast6.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..743eadaa5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/cast6.C
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// PR c++/95728
+
+template<typename T>
+  void
+  construct(T* p)
+  { ::new(static_cast<void*>(p)) T; } // { dg-error "invalid .static_cast." }
+
+template<typename T>
+void
+f(const T* t)
+{
+  construct(t);
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  int i[1];
+  f(i);
+}