diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/checkers/ast.rs b/crates/ruff/src/checkers/ast.rs
index 662d0c1183ed08..e9ecc6350671da 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/checkers/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/checkers/ast.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use log::error;
 use nohash_hasher::IntMap;
-use ruff_python::builtins::{BUILTINS, MAGIC_GLOBALS};
-use ruff_python::typing::TYPING_EXTENSIONS;
 use rustc_hash::{FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
 use rustpython_common::cformat::{CFormatError, CFormatErrorType};
 use rustpython_parser::ast::{
@@ -17,6 +15,9 @@ use rustpython_parser::ast::{
 use rustpython_parser::parser;
 use smallvec::smallvec;
 
+use ruff_python::builtins::{BUILTINS, MAGIC_GLOBALS};
+use ruff_python::typing::TYPING_EXTENSIONS;
+
 use crate::ast::helpers::{
     binding_range, collect_call_path, extract_handler_names, from_relative_import, to_module_path,
 };
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ use crate::ast::typing::{match_annotated_subscript, Callable, SubscriptKind};
 use crate::ast::visitor::{walk_excepthandler, Visitor};
 use crate::ast::{branch_detection, cast, helpers, operations, typing, visitor};
 use crate::docstrings::definition::{Definition, DefinitionKind, Docstring, Documentable};
-use crate::noqa::Directive;
 use crate::registry::{Diagnostic, Rule};
 use crate::rules::{
     flake8_2020, flake8_annotations, flake8_bandit, flake8_blind_except, flake8_boolean_trap,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ impl<'a> Checker<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Return `true` if a `Rule` is disabled by a `noqa` directive.
-    pub fn is_ignored(&self, code: &Rule, lineno: usize) -> bool {
+    pub fn rule_is_ignored(&self, code: &Rule, lineno: usize) -> bool {
         // TODO(charlie): `noqa` directives are mostly enforced in `check_lines.rs`.
         // However, in rare cases, we need to check them here. For example, when
         // removing unused imports, we create a single fix that's applied to all
@@ -293,16 +293,7 @@ impl<'a> Checker<'a> {
         if matches!(self.noqa, flags::Noqa::Disabled) {
             return false;
         }
-        let noqa_lineno = self.noqa_line_for.get(&lineno).unwrap_or(&lineno);
-        let line = self.locator.slice_source_code_range(&Range::new(
-            Location::new(*noqa_lineno, 0),
-            Location::new(noqa_lineno + 1, 0),
-        ));
-        match noqa::extract_noqa_directive(line) {
-            Directive::None => false,
-            Directive::All(..) => true,
-            Directive::Codes(.., codes) => noqa::includes(code, &codes),
-        }
+        noqa::rule_is_ignored(code, lineno, self.noqa_line_for, self.locator)
     }
 }
 
@@ -4866,9 +4857,9 @@ impl<'a> Checker<'a> {
                         None
                     };
 
-                    if self.is_ignored(&Rule::UnusedImport, diagnostic_lineno)
+                    if self.rule_is_ignored(&Rule::UnusedImport, diagnostic_lineno)
                         || parent_lineno.map_or(false, |parent_lineno| {
-                            self.is_ignored(&Rule::UnusedImport, parent_lineno)
+                            self.rule_is_ignored(&Rule::UnusedImport, parent_lineno)
                         })
                     {
                         ignored
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/linter.rs b/crates/ruff/src/linter.rs
index 28cc35f3148b66..e93fd782f877be 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/linter.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/linter.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::checkers::tokens::check_tokens;
 use crate::directives::Directives;
 use crate::doc_lines::{doc_lines_from_ast, doc_lines_from_tokens};
 use crate::message::{Message, Source};
-use crate::noqa::add_noqa;
+use crate::noqa::{add_noqa, rule_is_ignored};
 use crate::registry::{Diagnostic, LintSource, Rule};
 use crate::rules::pycodestyle;
 use crate::settings::{flags, Settings};
@@ -149,7 +149,17 @@ pub fn check_path(
                 if settings.rules.enabled(&Rule::SyntaxError) {
                     pycodestyle::rules::syntax_error(&mut diagnostics, &parse_error);
                 }
-                error = Some(parse_error);
+
+                // If the syntax error is ignored, suppress it (regardless of whether
+                // `Rule::SyntaxError` is enabled).
+                if !rule_is_ignored(
+                    &Rule::SyntaxError,
+                    parse_error.location.row(),
+                    &directives.noqa_line_for,
+                    locator,
+                ) {
+                    error = Some(parse_error);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/ruff/src/noqa.rs b/crates/ruff/src/noqa.rs
index 8f65a1e462ec02..cdc524be7bba0f 100644
--- a/crates/ruff/src/noqa.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff/src/noqa.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ use nohash_hasher::IntMap;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use regex::Regex;
 use rustc_hash::{FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
+use rustpython_parser::ast::Location;
 
+use crate::ast::types::Range;
 use crate::registry::{Diagnostic, Rule};
 use crate::rule_redirects::get_redirect_target;
-use crate::source_code::LineEnding;
+use crate::source_code::{LineEnding, Locator};
 
 static NOQA_LINE_REGEX: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| {
     Regex::new(
@@ -76,6 +78,25 @@ pub fn includes(needle: &Rule, haystack: &[&str]) -> bool {
         .any(|candidate| needle == get_redirect_target(candidate).unwrap_or(candidate))
 }
 
+/// Returns `true` if the given [`Rule`] is ignored at the specified `lineno`.
+pub fn rule_is_ignored(
+    code: &Rule,
+    lineno: usize,
+    noqa_line_for: &IntMap<usize, usize>,
+    locator: &Locator,
+) -> bool {
+    let noqa_lineno = noqa_line_for.get(&lineno).unwrap_or(&lineno);
+    let line = locator.slice_source_code_range(&Range::new(
+        Location::new(*noqa_lineno, 0),
+        Location::new(noqa_lineno + 1, 0),
+    ));
+    match extract_noqa_directive(line) {
+        Directive::None => false,
+        Directive::All(..) => true,
+        Directive::Codes(.., codes) => includes(code, &codes),
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn add_noqa(
     path: &Path,
     diagnostics: &[Diagnostic],