diff --git a/src/mtype.c b/src/mtype.c
index d7accb2c6276..262dde481c8d 100644
--- a/src/mtype.c
+++ b/src/mtype.c
@@ -6352,7 +6352,6 @@ Type *TypeTypeof::semantic(Loc loc, Scope *sc)
             goto Lerr;
         }
         t = exp->type;
-        t = t->addMod(mod);
         if (!t)
         {
             error(loc, "expression (%s) has no type", exp->toChars());
@@ -6363,6 +6362,8 @@ Type *TypeTypeof::semantic(Loc loc, Scope *sc)
             goto Lerr;
         }
 
+        t = t->addMod(mod);
+
         /* typeof should reflect the true type,
          * not what 'auto' would have gotten us.
          */