diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 1ed902e8861..d6916c1c344 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -776,8 +776,8 @@ fn expected_ident_found(&self) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'a> {
             err.span_label(self.span, format!("expected identifier, found {}", token_descr));
         } else {
             err.span_label(self.span, "expected identifier");
-            if self.token == token::Comma {
-                err.span_suggestion(self.span, "remove this comma", ",".into());
+            if self.token == token::Comma && self.look_ahead(1, |t| *t.is_ident()) {
+                err.span_suggestion(self.span, "remove this comma", "".into());
             }
         }
         err