diff --git a/gcc/c/c-decl.cc b/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
index 098e475f65d5..4adb89e4aaf1 100644
--- a/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
+++ b/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
@@ -12243,11 +12243,9 @@ declspecs_add_type (location_t loc, struct c_declspecs *specs,
     error_at (loc, "two or more data types in declaration specifiers");
   else if (TREE_CODE (type) == TYPE_DECL)
     {
-      if (TREE_TYPE (type) == error_mark_node)
-	; /* Allow the type to default to int to avoid cascading errors.  */
-      else
+      specs->type = TREE_TYPE (type);
+      if (TREE_TYPE (type) != error_mark_node)
 	{
-	  specs->type = TREE_TYPE (type);
 	  specs->decl_attr = DECL_ATTRIBUTES (type);
 	  specs->typedef_p = true;
 	  specs->explicit_signed_p = C_TYPEDEF_EXPLICITLY_SIGNED (type);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr107805-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr107805-1.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..559b6a5586eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr107805-1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+typedef int t;
+typedef struct { double a; int b; } t; /* { dg-error "conflicting types" } */
+t x; /* No warning here.  */
+
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr107805-2.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr107805-2.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa5fa4ce2733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr107805-2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+typedef int t;
+typedef struct { double a; int b; } t; /* { dg-error "conflicting types" } */
+t char x; /* { dg-error "two or more data types" } */