diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
@@ -3461,6 +3461,7 @@
           TypeCategory::Character, *intKind)) { // C715, C719
     Say(currStmtSource().value(),
         "KIND value (%jd) not valid for CHARACTER"_err_en_US, *intKind);
+    charInfo_.kind = std::nullopt; // prevent further errors
   }
   if (x.length) {
     charInfo_.length = GetParamValue(*x.length, common::TypeParamAttr::Len);
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/kinds02.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/kinds02.f90
--- a/flang/test/Semantics/kinds02.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/kinds02.f90
@@ -83,3 +83,9 @@
 !ERROR: CHARACTER(KIND=8) is not a supported type
 character(len=*), parameter :: cvar11 = 8_"abcd"
 end program
+
+subroutine s(a, b)
+  character(*,2) :: a
+  !ERROR: KIND value (8) not valid for CHARACTER
+  character(*,8) :: b
+end