diff --git a/Lib/test/test_clinic.py b/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
index d3dbde88dd82a9..6c6bd4e75a0b02 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
@@ -2249,6 +2249,17 @@ class Foo "" ""
                 expected_error = "Cannot apply both @getter and @setter to the same function!"
                 self.expect_failure(block, expected_error, lineno=3)
 
+    def test_getset_no_class(self):
+        for annotation in "@getter", "@setter":
+            with self.subTest(annotation=annotation):
+                block = f"""
+                    module m
+                    {annotation}
+                    m.func
+                """
+                expected_error = "@getter and @setter must be methods"
+                self.expect_failure(block, expected_error, lineno=2)
+
     def test_duplicate_coexist(self):
         err = "Called @coexist twice"
         block = """
diff --git a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
index a9bf110291eadd..87feef1b82ca39 100755
--- a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
+++ b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
@@ -5614,6 +5614,10 @@ def state_modulename_name(self, line: str) -> None:
         function_name = fields.pop()
         module, cls = self.clinic._module_and_class(fields)
 
+        if self.kind in {GETTER, SETTER}:
+            if not cls:
+                fail("@getter and @setter must be methods")
+
         self.update_function_kind(full_name)
         if self.kind is METHOD_INIT and not return_converter:
             return_converter = init_return_converter()