diff --git a/ets2panda/checker/ets/typeCheckingHelpers.cpp b/ets2panda/checker/ets/typeCheckingHelpers.cpp
index 182a3fd6f33cb1440adb09365bace359ea2494cc..939a456667580fc2ca20b0e229fa48fba27ba97f 100644
--- a/ets2panda/checker/ets/typeCheckingHelpers.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/checker/ets/typeCheckingHelpers.cpp
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ void ETSChecker::HandleAnnotationRetention(ir::AnnotationUsage *anno, ir::Annota
 
 void ETSChecker::CheckStandardAnnotation(ir::AnnotationUsage *anno)
 {
-    if (anno->GetBaseName()->Variable() == nullptr) {
+    if (anno->GetBaseName()->Variable() == nullptr || IsTypeError(anno->GetBaseName()->TsType())) {
         return;
     }
     ES2PANDA_ASSERT(anno->GetBaseName()->Variable()->Declaration()->Node()->AsAnnotationDeclaration() != nullptr);
diff --git a/ets2panda/test/ast/parser/ets/annotations_tests/annotation_usage_wrong_ref.ets b/ets2panda/test/ast/parser/ets/annotations_tests/annotation_usage_wrong_ref.ets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6aa297c6185a40b8efca0fe980376453fc46353f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ets2panda/test/ast/parser/ets/annotations_tests/annotation_usage_wrong_ref.ets
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024-2025 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.
+ */
+
+function foo() {}
+
+@/* @@ label */foo
+@interface anno {}
+
+/* @@@ label Error TypeError: Cannot find type 'foo'. */
\ No newline at end of file