diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/ASTImporter.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/ASTImporter.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/AST/ASTImporter.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/ASTImporter.cpp
@@ -264,16 +264,6 @@
 
     void InitializeImportedDecl(Decl *FromD, Decl *ToD) {
       ToD->IdentifierNamespace = FromD->IdentifierNamespace;
-      if (FromD->hasAttrs())
-        for (const Attr *FromAttr : FromD->getAttrs()) {
-          // FIXME: Return of the error here is not possible until store of
-          // import errors is implemented.
-          auto ToAttrOrErr = import(FromAttr);
-          if (ToAttrOrErr)
-            ToD->addAttr(*ToAttrOrErr);
-          else
-            llvm::consumeError(ToAttrOrErr.takeError());
-        }
       if (FromD->isUsed())
         ToD->setIsUsed();
       if (FromD->isImplicit())
@@ -8328,6 +8318,15 @@
   // Make sure that ImportImpl registered the imported decl.
   assert(ImportedDecls.count(FromD) != 0 && "Missing call to MapImported?");
 
+  if (FromD->hasAttrs())
+    for (const Attr *FromAttr : FromD->getAttrs()) {
+      auto ToAttrOrErr = Import(FromAttr);
+      if (ToAttrOrErr)
+        ToD->addAttr(*ToAttrOrErr);
+      else
+        return ToAttrOrErr.takeError();
+    }
+
   // Notify subclasses.
   Imported(FromD, ToD);
 
diff --git a/clang/unittests/AST/ASTImporterTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/AST/ASTImporterTest.cpp
--- a/clang/unittests/AST/ASTImporterTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/AST/ASTImporterTest.cpp
@@ -6084,6 +6084,24 @@
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(ParameterizedTests, CTAD,
                         DefaultTestValuesForRunOptions, );
 
+TEST_P(ASTImporterOptionSpecificTestBase, TypedefWithAttribute) {
+  Decl *TU = getTuDecl(
+      R"(
+      namespace N {
+        typedef int X __attribute__((annotate("A")));
+      }
+      )",
+      Lang_CXX17, "input.cc");
+  auto *FromD =
+      FirstDeclMatcher<TypedefDecl>().match(TU, typedefDecl(hasName("X")));
+  auto *ToD = Import(FromD, Lang_CXX17);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ToD);
+  ASSERT_EQ(ToD->getAttrs().size(), 1);
+  auto *ToAttr = dyn_cast<AnnotateAttr>(ToD->getAttrs()[0]);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ToAttr);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ToAttr->getAnnotation(), "A");
+}
+
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(ParameterizedTests, ASTImporterLookupTableTest,
                         DefaultTestValuesForRunOptions, );