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diff --git a/lib/compiler/src/v3_core.erl b/lib/compiler/src/v3_core.erl
index 04210ae243..46db9139c4 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/src/v3_core.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/src/v3_core.erl
@@ -1595,7 +1595,9 @@ pattern_map_pair({map_field_exact,L,K,V}, St) ->
{bin,L,Es0} ->
case constant_bin(Es0) of
error ->
- throw(badmatch);
+ %% this will throw a cryptic error message
+ %% but it is better than nothing
+ throw(nomatch);
Bin ->
#c_literal{anno=lineno_anno(L,St),val=Bin}
end;