diff --git a/ets2panda/parser/ETSparser.cpp b/ets2panda/parser/ETSparser.cpp
index fff197fa753476379ecbecae8049ce8b4fe94b6d..bd175a4208b100e73397da520ffa2f880a710e84 100644
--- a/ets2panda/parser/ETSparser.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/parser/ETSparser.cpp
@@ -610,6 +610,9 @@ ir::AstNode *ETSParser::ParseInnerTypeDeclaration(ir::ModifierFlags memberModifi
 
     Lexer()->GetToken().SetTokenType(Lexer()->GetToken().KeywordType());
     ir::AstNode *typeDecl = ParseTypeDeclaration(true);
+    if (typeDecl == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
     memberModifiers &= (ir::ModifierFlags::PUBLIC | ir::ModifierFlags::PROTECTED | ir::ModifierFlags::PRIVATE |
                         ir::ModifierFlags::INTERNAL);
     typeDecl->AddModifier(memberModifiers);
diff --git a/ets2panda/test/ast/parser/ets/local-enum.ets b/ets2panda/test/ast/parser/ets/local-enum.ets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e3a21b49c2cfbf661f330b8c092f0c1b7db522a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ets2panda/test/ast/parser/ets/local-enum.ets
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+class A {
+  /* @@ label */enum E {
+    C
+  }
+}
+
+/* @@@ label Error SyntaxError: Unexpected token. A constructor, method, accessor, or property was expected. */