diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/expressions.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/expressions.rs
index 6eed2c16e6b..1b7bc094058 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/expressions.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/expressions.rs
@@ -750,19 +750,23 @@ impl<'context> Elaborator<'context> {
         &mut self,
         func: ExprId,
         location: Location,
-    ) -> Result<FuncId, ResolverError> {
+    ) -> Result<Option<FuncId>, ResolverError> {
         match self.interner.expression(&func) {
             HirExpression::Ident(ident, _generics) => {
-                let definition = self.interner.definition(ident.id);
-                if let DefinitionKind::Function(function) = definition.kind {
-                    let meta = self.interner.function_modifiers(&function);
-                    if meta.is_comptime {
-                        Ok(function)
+                if let Some(definition) = self.interner.try_definition(ident.id) {
+                    if let DefinitionKind::Function(function) = definition.kind {
+                        let meta = self.interner.function_modifiers(&function);
+                        if meta.is_comptime {
+                            Ok(Some(function))
+                        } else {
+                            Err(ResolverError::MacroIsNotComptime { span: location.span })
+                        }
                     } else {
-                        Err(ResolverError::MacroIsNotComptime { span: location.span })
+                        Err(ResolverError::InvalidSyntaxInMacroCall { span: location.span })
                     }
                 } else {
-                    Err(ResolverError::InvalidSyntaxInMacroCall { span: location.span })
+                    // Assume a name resolution error has already been issued
+                    Ok(None)
                 }
             }
             _ => Err(ResolverError::InvalidSyntaxInMacroCall { span: location.span }),
@@ -783,7 +787,7 @@ impl<'context> Elaborator<'context> {
         });
 
         let function = match self.try_get_comptime_function(func, location) {
-            Ok(function) => function,
+            Ok(function) => function?,
             Err(error) => {
                 self.push_err(error);
                 return None;