1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index a3d5fd7bb81..3ef874039a6 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -3438,7 +3438,7 @@ read1 (Lisp_Object readcharfun, int *pch, bool first_in_list)
 
                 /* Any modifiers remaining are invalid.  */
                 if (modifiers)
-                  error ("Invalid modifier in string");
+                  invalid_syntax ("Invalid modifier in string");
                 p += CHAR_STRING (ch, (unsigned char *) p);
               }
             else