diff --git a/sway-ast/src/path.rs b/sway-ast/src/path.rs
index b472426c8d9..c7be1225e87 100644
--- a/sway-ast/src/path.rs
+++ b/sway-ast/src/path.rs
@@ -110,5 +110,5 @@ impl Spanned for PathTypeSegment {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize)]
 pub struct QualifiedPathRoot {
     pub ty: Box<Ty>,
-    pub as_trait: Option<(AsToken, Box<PathType>)>,
+    pub as_trait: (AsToken, Box<PathType>),
 }
diff --git a/sway-core/src/transform/to_parsed_lang/convert_parse_tree.rs b/sway-core/src/transform/to_parsed_lang/convert_parse_tree.rs
index 0cbf326b070..dd5e6303e4c 100644
--- a/sway-core/src/transform/to_parsed_lang/convert_parse_tree.rs
+++ b/sway-core/src/transform/to_parsed_lang/convert_parse_tree.rs
@@ -3333,22 +3333,18 @@ fn path_root_opt_to_bool_and_qualified_path_root(
                 close_angle_bracket_token: _,
             }),
             _,
-        )) => (
-            false,
-            if let Some((_, path_type)) = as_trait {
-                Some(QualifiedPathType {
-                    ty: ty_to_type_argument(context, handler, engines, *ty)?,
-                    as_trait: engines.te().insert(
-                        engines,
-                        path_type_to_type_info(context, handler, engines, *path_type.clone())?,
-                        path_type.span().source_id(),
-                    ),
-                    as_trait_span: path_type.span(),
-                })
-            } else {
-                None
-            },
-        ),
+        )) => (false, {
+            let (_, path_type) = as_trait;
+            Some(QualifiedPathType {
+                ty: ty_to_type_argument(context, handler, engines, *ty)?,
+                as_trait: engines.te().insert(
+                    engines,
+                    path_type_to_type_info(context, handler, engines, *path_type.clone())?,
+                    path_type.span().source_id(),
+                ),
+                as_trait_span: path_type.span(),
+            })
+        }),
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/sway-parse/src/path.rs b/sway-parse/src/path.rs
index a9bb8c3826a..657e339747c 100644
--- a/sway-parse/src/path.rs
+++ b/sway-parse/src/path.rs
@@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ impl Parse for PathTypeSegment {
 impl Parse for QualifiedPathRoot {
     fn parse(parser: &mut Parser) -> ParseResult<QualifiedPathRoot> {
         let ty = parser.parse()?;
-        let as_trait = match parser.take() {
-            Some(as_token) => Some((as_token, parser.parse()?)),
-            None => None,
-        };
+        let as_trait = (parser.parse()?, parser.parse()?);
         Ok(QualifiedPathRoot { ty, as_trait })
     }
 }
diff --git a/swayfmt/src/utils/language/path.rs b/swayfmt/src/utils/language/path.rs
index 78711542b7f..f8575f185b0 100644
--- a/swayfmt/src/utils/language/path.rs
+++ b/swayfmt/src/utils/language/path.rs
@@ -62,10 +62,9 @@ impl Format for QualifiedPathRoot {
         formatter: &mut Formatter,
     ) -> Result<(), FormatterError> {
         self.ty.format(formatted_code, formatter)?;
-        if let Some((as_token, path_type)) = &self.as_trait {
-            write!(formatted_code, " {} ", as_token.span().as_str())?;
-            path_type.format(formatted_code, formatter)?;
-        }
+        let (as_token, path_type) = &self.as_trait;
+        write!(formatted_code, " {} ", as_token.span().as_str())?;
+        path_type.format(formatted_code, formatter)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/Forc.lock b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/Forc.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e319a387961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/Forc.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[[package]]
+name = "core"
+source = "path+from-root-3A3AB9F18BDA9100"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix"
+source = "member"
+dependencies = ["std"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "std"
+source = "path+from-root-3A3AB9F18BDA9100"
+dependencies = ["core"]
diff --git a/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/Forc.toml b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/Forc.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22143b9b5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/Forc.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[project]
+authors = ["Fuel Labs <contact@fuel.sh>"]
+entry = "main.sw"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+name = "parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix"
+
+[dependencies]
+std = { path = "../../../../../../sway-lib-std" }
diff --git a/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/src/main.sw b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/src/main.sw
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af437cc603e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/src/main.sw
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+script;
+
+struct S<T> {
+    x: T,
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let x: <u8>::S::<u8> = S::<u8>{x: 8};
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/test.toml b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfb2e0f1a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/test_programs/should_fail/parser_generic_turbo_fish_prefix/test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+category = "fail"
+
+# check: $()let x: <u8>::S::<u8> = S::<u8>{x: 8};
+# nextln: $()Expected `as`.