diff --git a/dmd/declaration.c b/dmd/declaration.c
index 76abbe03..d39f1cec 100644
--- a/dmd/declaration.c
+++ b/dmd/declaration.c
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ Dsymbol *AliasDeclaration::toAlias()
     if (inSemantic)
     {   error("recursive alias declaration");
         aliassym = new TypedefDeclaration(loc, ident, Type::terror, NULL);
+        type = Type::terror;
     }
     else if (!aliassym && scope)
         semantic(scope);