diff --git a/crates/ra_assists/src/handlers/split_import.rs b/crates/ra_assists/src/handlers/split_import.rs
index d9244f22d697..f25826796317 100644
--- a/crates/ra_assists/src/handlers/split_import.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_assists/src/handlers/split_import.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) fn split_import(ctx: AssistCtx) -> Option<Assist> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::helpers::{check_assist, check_assist_target};
+    use crate::helpers::{check_assist, check_assist_not_applicable, check_assist_target};
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -63,4 +63,9 @@ mod tests {
     fn split_import_target() {
         check_assist_target(split_import, "use crate::<|>db::{RootDatabase, FileSymbol}", "::");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn issue4044() {
+        check_assist_not_applicable(split_import, "use crate::<|>:::self;")
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ra_syntax/src/algo.rs b/crates/ra_syntax/src/algo.rs
index ea41bf85d166..06df8495c968 100644
--- a/crates/ra_syntax/src/algo.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_syntax/src/algo.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use ra_text_edit::TextEditBuilder;
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 
 use crate::{
-    AstNode, Direction, NodeOrToken, SyntaxElement, SyntaxNode, SyntaxNodePtr, SyntaxToken,
-    TextRange, TextUnit,
+    AstNode, Direction, NodeOrToken, SyntaxElement, SyntaxKind, SyntaxNode, SyntaxNodePtr,
+    SyntaxToken, TextRange, TextUnit,
 };
 
 /// Returns ancestors of the node at the offset, sorted by length. This should
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ pub fn neighbor<T: AstNode>(me: &T, direction: Direction) -> Option<T> {
     me.syntax().siblings(direction).skip(1).find_map(T::cast)
 }
 
+pub fn has_errors(node: &SyntaxNode) -> bool {
+    node.children().any(|it| it.kind() == SyntaxKind::ERROR)
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum InsertPosition<T> {
     First,
diff --git a/crates/ra_syntax/src/ast/edit.rs b/crates/ra_syntax/src/ast/edit.rs
index 9e5411ee58a6..26e4576ffe99 100644
--- a/crates/ra_syntax/src/ast/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_syntax/src/ast/edit.rs
@@ -307,7 +307,11 @@ impl ast::UseTree {
 
         fn split_path_prefix(prefix: &ast::Path) -> Option<ast::Path> {
             let parent = prefix.parent_path()?;
-            let mut res = make::path_unqualified(parent.segment()?);
+            let segment = parent.segment()?;
+            if algo::has_errors(segment.syntax()) {
+                return None;
+            }
+            let mut res = make::path_unqualified(segment);
             for p in iter::successors(parent.parent_path(), |it| it.parent_path()) {
                 res = make::path_qualified(res, p.segment()?);
             }