diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4285cacc..f51086598 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix issue [#401](https://github.com/ron-rs/ron/issues/401) with correct raw struct name identifier parsing ([#402](https://github.com/ron-rs/ron/pull/402))
 - Add `ron::value::RawValue` helper type which can (de)serialize any valid RON ([#407](https://github.com/ron-rs/ron/pull/407))
 - Fix issue [#410](https://github.com/ron-rs/ron/issues/410) trailing comma parsing in tuples and `Some` ([#412](https://github.com/ron-rs/ron/pull/412))
+- Error instead of panic when deserializing non-identifiers as field names ([#415](https://github.com/ron-rs/ron/pull/415))
 
 ## [0.8.0] - 2022-08-17
 
diff --git a/src/de/id.rs b/src/de/id.rs
index 537ce5690..e7230da5f 100644
--- a/src/de/id.rs
+++ b/src/de/id.rs
@@ -40,35 +40,35 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a, 'c> de::Deserializer<'b> for &'c mut IdDeserializer<'a, 'b> {
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_i8<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_i16<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_i32<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_i64<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "integer128")]
@@ -76,35 +76,35 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a, 'c> de::Deserializer<'b> for &'c mut IdDeserializer<'a, 'b> {
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_u8<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_u16<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_u32<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_u64<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "integer128")]
@@ -112,105 +112,105 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a, 'c> de::Deserializer<'b> for &'c mut IdDeserializer<'a, 'b> {
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_f32<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_f64<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_char<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_string<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_bytes<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_byte_buf<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_option<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_unit<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_unit_struct<V>(self, _: &'static str, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V>(self, _: &'static str, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_seq<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_tuple<V>(self, _: usize, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_tuple_struct<V>(self, _: &'static str, _: usize, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_map<V>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value>
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_struct<V>(
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a, 'c> de::Deserializer<'b> for &'c mut IdDeserializer<'a, 'b> {
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_enum<V>(
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a, 'c> de::Deserializer<'b> for &'c mut IdDeserializer<'a, 'b> {
     where
         V: Visitor<'b>,
     {
-        unimplemented!("IdDeserializer may only be used for identifiers")
+        Err(Error::ExpectedIdentifier)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_ignored_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
diff --git a/src/value/raw.rs b/src/value/raw.rs
index 77c2cf648..493d0a50f 100644
--- a/src/value/raw.rs
+++ b/src/value/raw.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl RawValue {
 
     /// Helper function to validate a RON string and turn it into a `RawValue`.
     pub fn from_boxed_ron(ron: Box<str>) -> SpannedResult<Box<Self>> {
-        match Options::default().from_str::<&Self>(&*ron) {
+        match Options::default().from_str::<&Self>(&ron) {
             Ok(_) => Ok(Self::from_boxed_str(ron)),
             Err(err) => Err(err),
         }
diff --git a/tests/203_error_positions.rs b/tests/203_error_positions.rs
index 0ef486a17..153e3f5ba 100644
--- a/tests/203_error_positions.rs
+++ b/tests/203_error_positions.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ enum Test {
     StructVariant { a: bool, b: NonZeroU32, c: i32 },
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)] // GRCOV_EXCL_LINE
 struct TypeError;
 
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for TypeError {
diff --git a/tests/non_identifier_identifier.rs b/tests/non_identifier_identifier.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81b6c2cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/non_identifier_identifier.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+macro_rules! test_non_identifier {
+    ($test_name:ident => $deserialize_method:ident($($deserialize_param:expr),*)) => {
+        #[test]
+        fn $test_name() {
+            use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, de::Visitor, de::MapAccess};
+
+            struct FieldVisitor;
+
+            impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for FieldVisitor {
+                type Value = FieldName;
+
+                // GRCOV_EXCL_START
+                fn expecting(&self, fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                    fmt.write_str("an error")
+                }
+                // GRCOV_EXCL_STOP
+            }
+
+            struct FieldName;
+
+            impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for FieldName {
+                fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D)
+                    -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+                {
+                    deserializer.$deserialize_method($($deserialize_param,)* FieldVisitor)
+                }
+            }
+
+            struct StructVisitor;
+
+            impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for StructVisitor {
+                type Value = Struct;
+
+                // GRCOV_EXCL_START
+                fn expecting(&self, fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                    fmt.write_str("a struct")
+                }
+                // GRCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                fn visit_map<A: MapAccess<'de>>(self, mut map: A)
+                    -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+                {
+                    map.next_key::<FieldName>().map(|_| Struct)
+                }
+            }
+
+            #[derive(Debug)]
+            struct Struct;
+
+            impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Struct {
+                fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D)
+                    -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+                {
+                    deserializer.deserialize_struct("Struct", &[], StructVisitor)
+                }
+            }
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                ron::from_str::<Struct>("(true: 4)").unwrap_err().code,
+                ron::Error::ExpectedIdentifier
+            )
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+test_non_identifier! { test_bool => deserialize_bool() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_i8 => deserialize_i8() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_i16 => deserialize_i16() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_i32 => deserialize_i32() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_i64 => deserialize_i64() }
+#[cfg(feature = "integer128")]
+test_non_identifier! { test_i128 => deserialize_i128() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_u8 => deserialize_u8() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_u16 => deserialize_u16() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_u32 => deserialize_u32() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_u64 => deserialize_u64() }
+#[cfg(feature = "integer128")]
+test_non_identifier! { test_u128 => deserialize_u128() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_f32 => deserialize_f32() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_f64 => deserialize_f64() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_char => deserialize_char() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_string => deserialize_string() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_bytes => deserialize_bytes() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_byte_buf => deserialize_byte_buf() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_option => deserialize_option() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_unit => deserialize_unit() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_unit_struct => deserialize_unit_struct("") }
+test_non_identifier! { test_newtype_struct => deserialize_newtype_struct("") }
+test_non_identifier! { test_seq => deserialize_seq() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_tuple => deserialize_tuple(0) }
+test_non_identifier! { test_tuple_struct => deserialize_tuple_struct("", 0) }
+test_non_identifier! { test_map => deserialize_map() }
+test_non_identifier! { test_struct => deserialize_struct("", &[]) }
+test_non_identifier! { test_enum => deserialize_enum("", &[]) }