diff --git a/go/expressions.cc b/go/expressions.cc
index 6d484d9..79ed445 100644
--- a/go/expressions.cc
+++ b/go/expressions.cc
@@ -59,6 +59,67 @@
   return this->do_traverse(traverse);
 }
 
+// A traversal used to set the location of subexpressions.
+
+class Set_location : public Traverse
+{
+ public:
+  Set_location(Location loc)
+    : Traverse(traverse_expressions),
+      loc_(loc)
+  { }
+
+  int
+  expression(Expression** pexpr);
+
+ private:
+  Location loc_;
+};
+
+// Set the location of an expression.
+
+int
+Set_location::expression(Expression** pexpr)
+{
+  // Some expressions are shared or don't have an independent
+  // location, so we shouldn't change their location.  This is the set
+  // of expressions for which do_copy is just "return this" or
+  // otherwise does not pass down the location.
+  switch ((*pexpr)->classification())
+    {
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_ERROR:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_VAR_REFERENCE:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_ENCLOSED_VAR_REFERENCE:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_STRING:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_FUNC_DESCRIPTOR:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_TYPE:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_BOOLEAN:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_CONST_REFERENCE:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_NIL:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_GC_SYMBOL:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_PTRMASK_SYMBOL:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_TYPE_INFO:
+    case Expression::EXPRESSION_STRUCT_FIELD_OFFSET:
+      return TRAVERSE_CONTINUE;
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+
+  (*pexpr)->location_ = this->loc_;
+  return TRAVERSE_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+// Set the location of an expression and its subexpressions.
+
+void
+Expression::set_location(Location loc)
+{
+  this->location_ = loc;
+  Set_location sl(loc);
+  this->traverse_subexpressions(&sl);
+}
+
 // Default implementation for do_traverse for child classes.
 
 int
@@ -9389,6 +9450,8 @@
 	if (arg == NULL)
 	  return false;
 	Type* arg_type = arg->type();
+	if (arg_type->is_error())
+	  return true;
 
 	if (arg_type->points_to() != NULL
 	    && arg_type->points_to()->array_type() != NULL
@@ -9460,6 +9523,8 @@
       if (arg == NULL)
 	return false;
       Type* arg_type = arg->type();
+      if (arg_type->is_error())
+	return false;
 
       if (this->code_ == BUILTIN_LEN && arg_type->is_string_type())
 	{
@@ -9482,17 +9547,25 @@
 	{
 	  if (this->seen_)
 	    return false;
-	  Expression* e = arg_type->array_type()->length();
-	  this->seen_ = true;
-	  bool r = e->numeric_constant_value(nc);
-	  this->seen_ = false;
-	  if (r)
+
+	  // We may be replacing this expression with a constant
+	  // during lowering, so verify the type to report any errors.
+	  // It's OK to verify an array type more than once.
+	  arg_type->verify();
+	  if (!arg_type->is_error())
 	    {
-	      if (!nc->set_type(Type::lookup_integer_type("int"), false,
-				this->location()))
-		r = false;
+	      Expression* e = arg_type->array_type()->length();
+	      this->seen_ = true;
+	      bool r = e->numeric_constant_value(nc);
+	      this->seen_ = false;
+	      if (r)
+		{
+		  if (!nc->set_type(Type::lookup_integer_type("int"), false,
+				    this->location()))
+		    r = false;
+		}
+	      return r;
 	    }
-	  return r;
 	}
     }
   else if (this->code_ == BUILTIN_SIZEOF
diff --git a/go/expressions.h b/go/expressions.h
index 259eeb6..712f687 100644
--- a/go/expressions.h
+++ b/go/expressions.h
@@ -549,6 +549,16 @@
   location() const
   { return this->location_; }
 
+  // Set the location of an expression and all its subexpressions.
+  // This is used for const declarations where the expression is
+  // copied from an earlier declaration.
+  void
+  set_location(Location loc);
+
+  // For set_location.  This should really be a local class in
+  // Expression, but it needs types defined in gogo.h.
+  friend class Set_location;
+
   // Return whether this is a constant expression.
   bool
   is_constant() const
diff --git a/go/parse.cc b/go/parse.cc
index b1925ed..a4740cf 100644
--- a/go/parse.cc
+++ b/go/parse.cc
@@ -1442,6 +1442,7 @@
 void
 Parse::const_spec(int iota, Type** last_type, Expression_list** last_expr_list)
 {
+  Location loc = this->location();
   Typed_identifier_list til;
   this->identifier_list(&til);
 
@@ -1466,7 +1467,11 @@
       for (Expression_list::const_iterator p = (*last_expr_list)->begin();
 	   p != (*last_expr_list)->end();
 	   ++p)
-	expr_list->push_back((*p)->copy());
+	{
+	  Expression* copy = (*p)->copy();
+	  copy->set_location(loc);
+	  expr_list->push_back(copy);
+	}
     }
   else
     {