diff --git a/gcc/rust/ast/rust-ast.cc b/gcc/rust/ast/rust-ast.cc
index 337a338f9a3..7a9c1085bed 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/ast/rust-ast.cc
+++ b/gcc/rust/ast/rust-ast.cc
@@ -4179,10 +4179,11 @@ Attribute::check_cfg_predicate (const Session &session) const
 
   auto &meta_item = static_cast<AttrInputMetaItemContainer &> (*attr_input);
   if (meta_item.get_items ().empty ()
-      && string_path == Values::Attributes::CFG_ATTR)
+      && (string_path == Values::Attributes::CFG
+	  || string_path == Values::Attributes::CFG_ATTR))
     {
-      rust_error_at (path.get_locus (),
-		     "malformed %<cfg_attr%> attribute input");
+      rust_error_at (path.get_locus (), "malformed %<%s%> attribute input",
+		     string_path.c_str ());
       return false;
     }
   return meta_item.get_items ().front ()->check_cfg_predicate (session);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-4261.rs b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-4261.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32beafade54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-4261.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#[cfg()]
+// { dg-error "malformed .cfg. attribute input" "" { target *-*-* } .-1 }
+fn a() {}