diff --git a/tccgen.c b/tccgen.c
index 30a8969f..a52cb038 100644
--- a/tccgen.c
+++ b/tccgen.c
@@ -5350,7 +5350,6 @@ static int is_label(void)
     last_tok = tok;
     next();
     if (tok == ':') {
-        next();
         return last_tok;
     } else {
         unget_tok(last_tok);
@@ -5358,25 +5357,6 @@ static int is_label(void)
     }
 }
 
-static void label_or_decl(int l)
-{
-    int last_tok;
-
-    /* fast test first */
-    if (tok >= TOK_UIDENT)
-      {
-	/* no need to save tokc because tok is an identifier */
-	last_tok = tok;
-	next();
-	if (tok == ':') {
-	    unget_tok(last_tok);
-	    return;
-	}
-	unget_tok(last_tok);
-      }
-    decl(l);
-}
-
 #ifndef TCC_TARGET_ARM64
 static void gfunc_return(CType *func_type)
 {
@@ -5601,7 +5581,10 @@ static void block(int *bsym, int *csym, int is_expr)
             }
         }
         while (tok != '}') {
-            label_or_decl(VT_LOCAL);
+	    if ((a = is_label()))
+		unget_tok(a);
+	    else
+	        decl(VT_LOCAL);
             if (tok != '}') {
                 if (is_expr)
                     vpop();
@@ -5826,6 +5809,7 @@ static void block(int *bsym, int *csym, int is_expr)
         b = is_label();
         if (b) {
             /* label case */
+	    next();
             s = label_find(b);
             if (s) {
                 if (s->r == LABEL_DEFINED)