diff -r 5052eefabc12 go/parse.cc
--- a/go/parse.cc	Tue Aug 31 20:07:09 2010 -0700
+++ b/go/parse.cc	Tue Aug 31 21:34:26 2010 -0700
@@ -3072,6 +3072,14 @@
       return;
     }
 
+  if (!this->statement_may_start_here())
+    {
+      error_at(location, "missing statement after label");
+      this->unget_token(Token::make_operator_token(OPERATOR_SEMICOLON,
+						   location));
+      return;
+    }
+
   this->statement(label);
 }