diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index 809c0ff8860..29b858ff836 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import collections.abc
 import copyreg
 import functools
+import keyword
 import operator
 import sys
 import types
@@ -998,8 +999,13 @@ def _make_forward_ref(code, *, parent_fwdref=None, **kwargs):
         if parent_fwdref.__owner__ is not None:
             kwargs['owner'] = parent_fwdref.__owner__
     forward_ref = annotationlib.ForwardRef(code, **kwargs)
-    # For compatibility, eagerly compile the forwardref's code.
-    forward_ref.__forward_code__
+    # For compatibility, eagerly compile the forwardref's code so that any
+    # SyntaxError is raised immediately rather than when the forward
+    # reference is evaluated. Similar to 'ForwardRef.evaluate(), we only compile
+    # it if necessary:
+    if not (code.isidentifier() and not keyword.iskeyword(code)):
+        forward_ref.__forward_code__
     return forward_ref

import sys
import timeit
import typing


class MyClass:
    pass


def f(a: "int", b: "str", c: "MyClass", d: "MyClass") -> "MyClass":
    pass


def bench(label, n, stmt):
    t = min(timeit.repeat(stmt, number=n, repeat=5, globals=globals()))
    print(f"{label:55s} {t / n * 1e9:9.1f} ns/call  ({n} iters, best of 5)")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    bench(
        "typing._make_forward_ref('MyClass').evaluate(...)",
        200_000,
        "typing._make_forward_ref('MyClass').evaluate(globals={'MyClass': MyClass})",
    )

    bench(
        "get_type_hints(f)  # only identifier forward refs",
        20_000,
        "typing.get_type_hints(f)",
    )

before (main):
typing._make_forward_ref('MyClass').evaluate(...)       9120.3 ns/call  (200000 iters, best of 5)
get_type_hints(f)  # only identifier forward refs       63221.9 ns/call  (20000 iters, best of 5)

after (patch):
typing._make_forward_ref('MyClass').evaluate(...)       1401.8 ns/call  (200000 iters, best of 5)
get_type_hints(f)  # only identifier forward refs       22211.0 ns/call  (20000 iters, best of 5)