diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
index e5a1c6c789928..b2f7c8f5183a2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
@@ -54,18 +54,24 @@ pub(super) fn parse(
 
     // For each token tree in `input`, parse the token into a `self::TokenTree`, consuming
     // additional trees if need be.
-    let mut trees = input.trees();
+    let mut trees = input.trees().peekable();
     while let Some(tree) = trees.next() {
         // Given the parsed tree, if there is a metavar and we are expecting matchers, actually
         // parse out the matcher (i.e., in `$id:ident` this would parse the `:` and `ident`).
         let tree = parse_tree(tree, &mut trees, parsing_patterns, sess, node_id, features, edition);
         match tree {
             TokenTree::MetaVar(start_sp, ident) if parsing_patterns => {
-                let span = match trees.next() {
+                // Not consuming the next token immediately, as it may not be a colon
+                let span = match trees.peek() {
                     Some(&tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(
                         Token { kind: token::Colon, span: colon_span },
                         _,
                     )) => {
+                        // Consume the colon first
+                        trees.next();
+
+                        // It's ok to consume the next tree no matter how,
+                        // since if it's not a token then it will be an invalid declaration.
                         match trees.next() {
                             Some(tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(token, _)) => match token.ident() {
                                 Some((fragment, _)) => {
@@ -125,12 +131,13 @@ pub(super) fn parse(
                                 }
                                 _ => token.span,
                             },
-                            Some(tree) => tree.span(),
-                            None => colon_span,
+                            // Invalid, return a nice source location
+                            _ => colon_span.with_lo(start_sp.lo()),
                         }
                     }
-                    Some(tree) => tree.span(),
-                    None => start_sp,
+                    // Whether it's none or some other tree, it doesn't belong to
+                    // the current meta variable, returning the original span.
+                    _ => start_sp,
                 };
 
                 result.push(TokenTree::MetaVarDecl(span, ident, None));
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-match-nonterminal.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/macro-match-nonterminal.stderr
index 831579c4fefd5..f221f92c3cda6 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-match-nonterminal.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-match-nonterminal.stderr
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 error: missing fragment specifier
-  --> $DIR/macro-match-nonterminal.rs:2:8
+  --> $DIR/macro-match-nonterminal.rs:2:6
    |
 LL |     ($a, $b) => {
-   |        ^
+   |      ^^
 
 error: missing fragment specifier
-  --> $DIR/macro-match-nonterminal.rs:2:8
+  --> $DIR/macro-match-nonterminal.rs:2:6
    |
 LL |     ($a, $b) => {
-   |        ^
+   |      ^^
    |
    = warning: this was previously accepted by the compiler but is being phased out; it will become a hard error in a future release!
    = note: for more information, see issue #40107 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/40107>
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
 
 Future incompatibility report: Future breakage diagnostic:
 error: missing fragment specifier
-  --> $DIR/macro-match-nonterminal.rs:2:8
+  --> $DIR/macro-match-nonterminal.rs:2:6
    |
 LL |     ($a, $b) => {
-   |        ^
+   |      ^^
    |
    = warning: this was previously accepted by the compiler but is being phased out; it will become a hard error in a future release!
    = note: for more information, see issue #40107 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/40107>