diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index 5655479e9c..0894267b9b 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -863,9 +863,10 @@ proc semAnyRef(c: PContext; n: PNode; kind: TTypeKind; prev: PType): PType =
         elif region.skipTypes({tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink}).kind notin {
               tyError, tyObject}:
           message c.config, n[i].info, errGenerated, "region needs to be an object type"
+          addSonSkipIntLit(result, region)
         else:
           message(c.config, n.info, warnDeprecated, "region for pointer types is deprecated")
-        addSonSkipIntLit(result, region)
+          addSonSkipIntLit(result, region)
     addSonSkipIntLit(result, t)
     if tfPartial in result.flags:
       if result.lastSon.kind == tyObject: incl(result.lastSon.flags, tfPartial)