diff --git a/src/librustc/front/check_attr.rs b/src/librustc/front/check_attr.rs
index cfd9d5bdaa75d..085acc198d16a 100644
--- a/src/librustc/front/check_attr.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/front/check_attr.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ impl<'a, 'v> Visitor<'v> for CheckAttrVisitor<'a> {
         for attr in &item.attrs {
             self.check_attribute(attr, target);
         }
+        visit::walk_item(self, item);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-31769.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-31769.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4b5df7ea53ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-31769.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2012-2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+fn main() {
+    #[inline] struct Foo;  //~ ERROR attribute should be applied to function
+    #[repr(C)] fn foo() {} //~ ERROR attribute should be applied to struct or enum
+}