1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
index 7dc4fd0044f..c609aa93da3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
@@ -2468,11 +2468,15 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn maybe_recover_unexpected_block_label(&mut self) -> bool {
-        let Some(label) = self.eat_label().filter(|_| {
-            self.eat(&token::Colon) && self.token.kind == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace)
-        }) else {
+        // Check for `'a : {`
+        if !(self.check_lifetime()
+            && self.look_ahead(1, |tok| tok.kind == token::Colon)
+            && self.look_ahead(2, |tok| tok.kind == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace)))
+        {
             return false;
-        };
+        }
+        let label = self.eat_label().expect("just checked if a label exists");
+        self.bump(); // eat `:`
         let span = label.ident.span.to(self.prev_token.span);
         let mut err = self.struct_span_err(span, "block label not supported here");
         err.span_label(span, "not supported here");