diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/lex.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/lex.go
index 3fa876ad40..81bd9461ca 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/lex.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/lex.go
@@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ func lexinit1() {
 
 func lexfini() {
 	for _, s := range builtinpkg.Syms {
-		if s.Def == nil {
+		if s.Def == nil || (s.Name == "any" && Debug['A'] == 0) {
 			continue
 		}
 		s1 := Lookup(s.Name)
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue14652.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue14652.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b030aee16f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue14652.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// errorcheck
+
+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package p
+
+var x any // ERROR "undefined: any"