diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/cast.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/cast.rs
index fb78d3a37ca23..3074a62fddf92 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/cast.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/cast.rs
@@ -302,7 +302,11 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> CastCheck<'tcx> {
                 debug!(" -> {:?}", k);
                 fcx.tcx.cast_kinds.borrow_mut().insert(self.expr.id, k);
             }
-            Err(e) => self.report_cast_error(fcx, e)
+            Err(e) => {
+                if !fcx.inh.infcx.is_tainted_by_errors() {
+                    self.report_cast_error(fcx, e)
+                }
+            }
         };}
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-35772.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-35772.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d6af7af0c69b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-35772.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+fn main() {
+    error; //~ ERROR unresolved name `error`
+    1 as f32;
+}