diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/fmt.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/fmt.go
index 2525921c8b..5f108724e0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/fmt.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/fmt.go
@@ -579,9 +579,14 @@ func typefmt(t *Type, flag int) string {
 		buf.WriteString("interface {")
 		for t1 := t.Type; t1 != nil; t1 = t1.Down {
 			buf.WriteString(" ")
-			if exportname(t1.Sym.Name) {
+			switch {
+			case t1.Sym == nil:
+				// Check first that a symbol is defined for this type.
+				// Wrong interface definitions may have types lacking a symbol.
+				break
+			case exportname(t1.Sym.Name):
 				buf.WriteString(Sconv(t1.Sym, obj.FmtShort))
-			} else {
+			default:
 				buf.WriteString(Sconv(t1.Sym, obj.FmtUnsigned))
 			}
 			buf.WriteString(Tconv(t1.Type, obj.FmtShort))
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue11614.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue11614.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..959643a514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue11614.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// errorcheck
+
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Test that incorrect expressions involving wrong anonymous interface
+// do not generate panics in Type Stringer.
+// Does not compile.
+
+package main
+
+type I interface {
+	int // ERROR "interface contains embedded non-interface int"
+}
+
+func n() {
+	(I) // ERROR "type I is not an expression"
+}
+
+func m() {
+	(interface{int}) // ERROR "interface contains embedded non-interface int" "type interface { int } is not an expression"
+}
+
+func main() {
+}