diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index a069fba60..275ad8a07 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ proc semRecordNodeAux(c: PContext, n: PNode, check: var IntSet, pos: var int,
         checkSonsLen(it, 2, c.config)
         if c.inGenericContext == 0:
           var e = semConstBoolExpr(c, it[0])
-          if e.kind != nkIntLit: internalError(c.config, e.info, "semRecordNodeAux")
+          if e.kind != nkIntLit: discard "don't report followup error"
           elif e.intVal != 0 and branch == nil: branch = it[1]
         else:
           it[0] = forceBool(c, semExprWithType(c, it[0]))