diff --git a/gcc/rust/backend/rust-compile-item.h b/gcc/rust/backend/rust-compile-item.h
index 1c877fa328d..70660e16147 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/backend/rust-compile-item.h
+++ b/gcc/rust/backend/rust-compile-item.h
@@ -31,15 +31,13 @@ class CompileItem : private HIRCompileBase, protected HIR::HIRStmtVisitor
 public:
   static tree compile (HIR::Item *item, Context *ctx,
 		       TyTy::BaseType *concrete = nullptr,
-		       bool is_query_mode = false,
 		       location_t ref_locus = UNDEF_LOCATION)
   {
     CompileItem compiler (ctx, concrete, ref_locus);
     item->accept_vis (compiler);
 
-    if (is_query_mode && compiler.reference == error_mark_node)
-      rust_internal_error_at (ref_locus, "failed to compile item: %s",
-			      item->as_string ().c_str ());
+    if (compiler.reference == error_mark_node)
+      rust_debug ("failed to compile item: %s", item->as_string ().c_str ());
 
     return compiler.reference;
   }
diff --git a/gcc/rust/backend/rust-compile-resolve-path.cc b/gcc/rust/backend/rust-compile-resolve-path.cc
index 5f6ba7cce43..170dde6055d 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/backend/rust-compile-resolve-path.cc
+++ b/gcc/rust/backend/rust-compile-resolve-path.cc
@@ -205,11 +205,9 @@ HIRCompileBase::query_compile (HirId ref, TyTy::BaseType *lookup,
   if (auto resolved_item = ctx->get_mappings ().lookup_hir_item (ref))
     {
       if (!lookup->has_substitutions_defined ())
-	return CompileItem::compile (*resolved_item, ctx, nullptr, true,
-				     expr_locus);
+	return CompileItem::compile (*resolved_item, ctx, nullptr, expr_locus);
       else
-	return CompileItem::compile (*resolved_item, ctx, lookup, true,
-				     expr_locus);
+	return CompileItem::compile (*resolved_item, ctx, lookup, expr_locus);
     }
   else if (auto hir_extern_item
 	   = ctx->get_mappings ().lookup_hir_extern_item (ref))