diff --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 257c4696de403..0fcaec6690a00 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ Bug Fixes in This Version
   ``#include`` directive. (#GH138094)
 - Fixed a crash during constant evaluation involving invalid lambda captures
   (#GH138832)
+- Fixed an assertion failure triggered when instantiating a template with an
+  expression that references an invalid declaration (#GH140898)
 
 Bug Fixes to Compiler Builtins
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplateInstantiate.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplateInstantiate.cpp
index d028eea4f8f3e..e5078547c8cc3 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplateInstantiate.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplateInstantiate.cpp
@@ -4552,6 +4552,9 @@ LocalInstantiationScope::findInstantiationOf(const Decl *D) {
       isa<CXXDeductionGuideDecl>(D->getDeclContext()))
     return nullptr;
 
+  if (D->isInvalidDecl())
+    return nullptr;
+
   // If we didn't find the decl, then we either have a sema bug, or we have a
   // forward reference to a label declaration.  Return null to indicate that
   // we have an uninstantiated label.
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/gh140898.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/gh140898.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..23151a73cf98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/gh140898.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++20 -fsyntax-only -verify %s
+template <typename T>
+void s() {
+  switch (Unknown tr = 1) // expected-error {{unknown type name 'Unknown'}}
+    tr;
+}
+
+void abc() {
+  s<int>();
+}