diff --git a/compiler/parse.c b/compiler/parse.c
index 5e7f719..57ec70e 100644
--- a/compiler/parse.c
+++ b/compiler/parse.c
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ variable_decl(ParserState *ps, enum LexTokenId decl_kind)
 	};
 	Assert(decl_kind == T_LET || decl_kind == T_VAR || decl_kind == T_CONST);
 
+	Ast *decl = make_tree(AST_VARDECL, ps->lexer->cur_loc);
 	LexToken token = lex_scan(ps->lexer);
 	lex_match(ps->lexer, &token, T_IDENT);
 
-	Ast *decl = make_tree(AST_VARDECL, ps->lexer->cur_loc);
 	decl->var = (AstVarDecl) {
 		.name = token.ident,
 		.kind = Token2SemaVarKind[decl_kind],
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ variable_decl(ParserState *ps, enum LexTokenId decl_kind)
 			parse_error(ps, "expected a type, got %s instead",  TokenIdStr[token.id]);
 			return nil;
 		}
-		decl->var.datatype = make_ident_node(token.ident, ps->lexer->cur_loc);
+		decl->var.datatype = make_ident_node(token.ident, token.loc);
 	}
 
 	/* assignment expression */