diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index c56734439eb..c3182602a4b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -5917,9 +5917,9 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 self.bump();
 
                 match self.token {
-                  token::Ident(i, _) => {
-                    self.bump();
-                    path.push(i);
+                  token::Ident(..) => {
+                    let ident = self.parse_ident();
+                    path.push(ident);
                   }
 
                   // foo::bar::{a,b,c}
@@ -5959,6 +5959,11 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     return P(spanned(lo, self.span.hi, ViewPathGlob(path)));
                   }
 
+                  // fall-through for case foo::bar::;
+                  token::Semi => {
+                    self.span_err(self.span, "expected identifier or `{` or `*`, found `;`");
+                  }
+
                   _ => break
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/use-as-where-use-ends-with-mod-sep.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/use-as-where-use-ends-with-mod-sep.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef443fc125d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/use-as-where-use-ends-with-mod-sep.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use std::any:: as foo; //~ ERROR expected identifier or `{` or `*`, found `as`
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/use-ends-with-mod-sep.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/use-ends-with-mod-sep.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a375a5962a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/use-ends-with-mod-sep.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use std::any::; //~ ERROR expected identifier or `{` or `*`, found `;`