diff --git a/integration_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/integration_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index a18c06df40..e5b8c6f5cb 100644
--- a/integration_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/integration_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ RUN(NAME structs_24          LABELS cpython llvm c)
 RUN(NAME structs_25          LABELS cpython llvm c)
 RUN(NAME structs_26          LABELS cpython llvm c)
 RUN(NAME structs_27          LABELS cpython llvm c)
+RUN(NAME structs_28          LABELS cpython llvm c)
 
 RUN(NAME symbolics_01        LABELS cpython_sym c_sym)
 RUN(NAME symbolics_02        LABELS cpython_sym c_sym)
diff --git a/integration_tests/structs_28.py b/integration_tests/structs_28.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e0f3bf502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/structs_28.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from lpython import dataclass, i32
+
+@dataclass
+class Pattern:
+    _foo : str
+    pass
+    _n: i32
+
+def main0():
+    p: Pattern = Pattern("some string", 5)
+    assert p._foo == "some string"
+    assert p._n == 5
+    print(p)
+
+main0()
diff --git a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
index b5b4ed7794..e710234f4b 100644
--- a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
@@ -2874,20 +2874,22 @@ class CommonVisitor : public AST::BaseVisitor<Struct> {
                 if (AST::is_a<AST::ConstantStr_t>(*expr->m_value)) {
                     // It is a doc string. Skip doc strings for now.
                     continue;
-                } else {
-                    throw SemanticError("Only doc strings allowed as expressions inside class", expr->base.base.loc);
                 }
-            }
-            if( AST::is_a<AST::ClassDef_t>(*x.m_body[i]) ) {
+                throw SemanticError("Only doc strings allowed as expressions inside class", expr->base.base.loc);
+            } else if( AST::is_a<AST::ClassDef_t>(*x.m_body[i]) ) {
                 visit_ClassDef(*AST::down_cast<AST::ClassDef_t>(x.m_body[i]));
                 continue;
-            }
-            if ( AST::is_a<AST::FunctionDef_t>(*x.m_body[i]) ) {
+            } else if ( AST::is_a<AST::FunctionDef_t>(*x.m_body[i]) ) {
                 throw SemanticError("Struct member functions are not supported", x.m_body[i]->base.loc);
+            } else if (AST::is_a<AST::Pass_t>(*x.m_body[i])) {
+                continue;
+            } else if (!AST::is_a<AST::AnnAssign_t>(*x.m_body[i])) {
+                throw SemanticError("AnnAssign expected inside struct", x.m_body[i]->base.loc);
             }
-            LCOMPILERS_ASSERT(AST::is_a<AST::AnnAssign_t>(*x.m_body[i]));
             AST::AnnAssign_t* ann_assign = AST::down_cast<AST::AnnAssign_t>(x.m_body[i]);
-            LCOMPILERS_ASSERT(AST::is_a<AST::Name_t>(*ann_assign->m_target));
+            if (!AST::is_a<AST::Name_t>(*ann_assign->m_target)) {
+                throw SemanticError("Only Name supported as target in AnnAssign inside struct", x.m_body[i]->base.loc);
+            }
             AST::Name_t *n = AST::down_cast<AST::Name_t>(ann_assign->m_target);
             std::string var_name = n->m_id;
             ASR::expr_t* init_expr = nullptr;