diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index 830e8bb..32def6c 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -2549,7 +2549,7 @@
 	    break;
 	}
 	if (compile_expr0(&p, cctx) == FAIL)
-	    break;
+	    return FAIL;
 	++count;
 	if (*p == ',')
 	{
@@ -3333,7 +3333,10 @@
 
 	    *arg = p + 1;
 	    if (may_get_next_line(*arg, arg, cctx) == FAIL)
+	    {
+		emsg(_(e_missing_name_after_dot));
 		return FAIL;
+	    }
 	    // dictionary member: dict.name
 	    p = *arg;
 	    if (eval_isdictc(*p))