diff --git a/third_party/move/move-compiler-v2/src/plan_builder.rs b/third_party/move/move-compiler-v2/src/plan_builder.rs
index 804ba329bd0a43..517671e977785e 100644
--- a/third_party/move/move-compiler-v2/src/plan_builder.rs
+++ b/third_party/move/move-compiler-v2/src/plan_builder.rs
@@ -505,10 +505,17 @@ fn convert_location(env: &GlobalEnv, attr: Attribute) -> Option<ModuleId> {
     match value {
         AttributeValue::Name(id, opt_module_name, _sym) => {
             let vloc = env.get_node_loc(id);
-            convert_module_id(env, vloc, opt_module_name)
+            let module_id_opt = convert_module_id(env, vloc.clone(), opt_module_name);
+            if !_sym.display(env.symbol_pool()).to_string().is_empty() || module_id_opt.is_none() {
+                env.error_with_labels(&loc, "invalid attribute value", vec![(
+                    vloc,
+                    "Expected a module identifier, e.g. 'std::vector'".to_string(),
+                )]);
+            }
+            module_id_opt
         },
         AttributeValue::Value(id, _val) => {
-            let vloc = env.get_node_loc(id);
+            let vloc: Loc = env.get_node_loc(id);
             env.error_with_labels(&loc, "invalid attribute value", vec![(
                 vloc,
                 "Expected a module identifier, e.g. 'std::vector'".to_string(),
diff --git a/third_party/move/move-compiler-v2/tests/unit_test/test/other_failures_invalid_location.exp b/third_party/move/move-compiler-v2/tests/unit_test/test/other_failures_invalid_location.exp
index 56976665006812..f756284238751f 100644
--- a/third_party/move/move-compiler-v2/tests/unit_test/test/other_failures_invalid_location.exp
+++ b/third_party/move/move-compiler-v2/tests/unit_test/test/other_failures_invalid_location.exp
@@ -30,6 +30,30 @@ error: Expected `location` following `major_status`
 22 │     #[expected_failure(major_status=4016, minor_code=0)]
    │                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+error: invalid attribute value
+   ┌─ tests/unit_test/test/other_failures_invalid_location.move:26:38
+   │
+26 │     #[expected_failure(vector_error, location=x)]
+   │                                      ^^^^^^^^^^
+   │                                               │
+   │                                               Expected a module identifier, e.g. 'std::vector'
+
+error: invalid attribute value
+   ┌─ tests/unit_test/test/other_failures_invalid_location.move:30:36
+   │
+30 │     #[expected_failure(out_of_gas, location=0x1::m::t0)]
+   │                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   │                                             │
+   │                                             Expected a module identifier, e.g. 'std::vector'
+
+error: invalid attribute value
+   ┌─ tests/unit_test/test/other_failures_invalid_location.move:34:43
+   │
+34 │     #[expected_failure(major_status=4004, location=self)]
+   │                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   │                                                    │
+   │                                                    Expected a module identifier, e.g. 'std::vector'
+
 error: invalid attribute value
    ┌─ tests/unit_test/test/other_failures_invalid_location.move:38:59
    │