diff --git a/configs/test-fixtures/invalid-files/version-variable.tf b/configs/test-fixtures/invalid-files/version-variable.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c871053d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/test-fixtures/invalid-files/version-variable.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+variable "module_version" { default = "v1.0" }
+
+module "foo" {
+  source  = "./ff"
+  version = var.module_version
+}
diff --git a/configs/version_constraint.go b/configs/version_constraint.go
index 00dc739a7..7aa19efc6 100644
--- a/configs/version_constraint.go
+++ b/configs/version_constraint.go
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ func decodeVersionConstraint(attr *hcl.Attribute) (VersionConstraint, hcl.Diagno
 	}
 
 	val, diags := attr.Expr.Value(nil)
+	if diags.HasErrors() {
+		return ret, diags
+	}
 	var err error
 	val, err = convert.Convert(val, cty.String)
 	if err != nil {