diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index 96a8415807..64a8d2a4f9 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -963,12 +963,15 @@ proc evalAtCompileTime(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
     #  echo "SUCCESS evaluated at compile time: ", call.renderTree
 
 proc semStaticExpr(c: PContext, n: PNode; expectedType: PType = nil): PNode =
+  let oldErrorCount = c.config.errorCounter
   inc c.inStaticContext
   openScope(c)
   let a = semExprWithType(c, n, expectedType = expectedType)
   closeScope(c)
   dec c.inStaticContext
-  if a.findUnresolvedStatic != nil: return a
+  if a.findUnresolvedStatic != nil or
+      c.config.errorCounter != oldErrorCount:
+    return a
   result = evalStaticExpr(c.module, c.idgen, c.graph, a, c.p.owner)
   if result.isNil:
     localError(c.config, n.info, errCannotInterpretNodeX % renderTree(n))
diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim
index 380c50ce51..d31bb5a9af 100644
--- a/compiler/semstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim
@@ -2919,13 +2919,15 @@ proc semPragmaBlock(c: PContext, n: PNode; expectedType: PType = nil): PNode =
 proc semStaticStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode): PNode =
   #echo "semStaticStmt"
   #writeStackTrace()
+  let oldErrorCount = c.config.errorCounter
   inc c.inStaticContext
   openScope(c)
   let a = semStmt(c, n[0], {})
   closeScope(c)
   dec c.inStaticContext
   n[0] = a
-  evalStaticStmt(c.module, c.idgen, c.graph, a, c.p.owner)
+  if c.config.errorCounter == oldErrorCount:
+    evalStaticStmt(c.module, c.idgen, c.graph, a, c.p.owner)
   when false:
     # for incremental replays, keep the AST as required for replays:
     result = n
diff --git a/tests/errmsgs/t25732.nim b/tests/errmsgs/t25732.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6293f55bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/errmsgs/t25732.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+discard """
+cmd: "nim check --hints:off $file"
+action: "reject"
+nimout: '''
+t25732.nim(15, 32) Error: undeclared identifier: 'a'
+t25732.nim(15, 32) Error: expression 'a' has no type (or is ambiguous)
+t25732.nim(15, 33) Error: undeclared field: 'b'
+t25732.nim(15, 33) Error: undeclared field: '.'
+t25732.nim(15, 33) Error: undeclared field: '.'
+'''
+"""
+
+
+
+static: (for f in [0]: discard a.b == f)
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