diff --git a/src/prism.c b/src/prism.c
index 7e5d3e48b63..aec1d35e552 100644
--- a/src/prism.c
+++ b/src/prism.c
@@ -12443,7 +12443,8 @@ parse_expression_prefix(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_binding_power_t binding_power) {
             bool parsed_bare_hash = false;
 
             while (!match2(parser, PM_TOKEN_BRACKET_RIGHT, PM_TOKEN_EOF)) {
-                // Handle the case where we don't have a comma and we have a newline followed by a right bracket.
+                // Handle the case where we don't have a comma and we have a
+                // newline followed by a right bracket.
                 if (accept1(parser, PM_TOKEN_NEWLINE) && match1(parser, PM_TOKEN_BRACKET_RIGHT)) {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -12452,16 +12453,25 @@ parse_expression_prefix(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_binding_power_t binding_power) {
                     expect1(parser, PM_TOKEN_COMMA, PM_ERR_ARRAY_SEPARATOR);
                 }
 
-                // If we have a right bracket immediately following a comma, this is
-                // allowed since it's a trailing comma. In this case we can break out of
-                // the loop.
+                // If we have a right bracket immediately following a comma,
+                // this is allowed since it's a trailing comma. In this case we
+                // can break out of the loop.
                 if (match1(parser, PM_TOKEN_BRACKET_RIGHT)) break;
 
                 pm_node_t *element;
 
                 if (accept1(parser, PM_TOKEN_USTAR)) {
                     pm_token_t operator = parser->previous;
-                    pm_node_t *expression = parse_expression(parser, PM_BINDING_POWER_DEFINED, PM_ERR_ARRAY_EXPRESSION_AFTER_STAR);
+                    pm_node_t *expression = NULL;
+
+                    if (match3(parser, PM_TOKEN_BRACKET_RIGHT, PM_TOKEN_COMMA, PM_TOKEN_EOF)) {
+                        if (pm_parser_local_depth(parser, &parser->previous) == -1) {
+                            pm_parser_err_token(parser, &operator, PM_ERR_ARGUMENT_NO_FORWARDING_STAR);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        expression = parse_expression(parser, PM_BINDING_POWER_DEFINED, PM_ERR_ARRAY_EXPRESSION_AFTER_STAR);
+                    }
+
                     element = (pm_node_t *) pm_splat_node_create(parser, &operator, expression);
                 } else if (match2(parser, PM_TOKEN_LABEL, PM_TOKEN_USTAR_STAR)) {
                     if (parsed_bare_hash) {
diff --git a/test/prism/fixtures/methods.txt b/test/prism/fixtures/methods.txt
index ac561363f89..8cdf3ddaee3 100644
--- a/test/prism/fixtures/methods.txt
+++ b/test/prism/fixtures/methods.txt
@@ -166,3 +166,5 @@ end
 
 foo = 1
 def foo.bar; end
+
+def f(*); [*]; end
diff --git a/test/prism/snapshots/methods.txt b/test/prism/snapshots/methods.txt
index c4f2a0853cb..9b4d9116ec3 100644
--- a/test/prism/snapshots/methods.txt
+++ b/test/prism/snapshots/methods.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-@ ProgramNode (location: (1,0)-(168,16))
+@ ProgramNode (location: (1,0)-(170,18))
 ├── locals: [:a, :c, :foo]
 └── statements:
-    @ StatementsNode (location: (1,0)-(168,16))
-    └── body: (length: 62)
+    @ StatementsNode (location: (1,0)-(170,18))
+    └── body: (length: 63)
         ├── @ DefNode (location: (1,0)-(2,3))
         │   ├── name: :foo
         │   ├── name_loc: (1,4)-(1,7) = "foo"
@@ -1637,19 +1637,53 @@
         │   │   @ IntegerNode (location: (167,6)-(167,7))
         │   │   └── flags: decimal
         │   └── operator_loc: (167,4)-(167,5) = "="
-        └── @ DefNode (location: (168,0)-(168,16))
-            ├── name: :bar
-            ├── name_loc: (168,8)-(168,11) = "bar"
-            ├── receiver:
-            │   @ LocalVariableReadNode (location: (168,4)-(168,7))
-            │   ├── name: :foo
-            │   └── depth: 0
-            ├── parameters: ∅
-            ├── body: ∅
-            ├── locals: []
-            ├── def_keyword_loc: (168,0)-(168,3) = "def"
-            ├── operator_loc: (168,7)-(168,8) = "."
-            ├── lparen_loc: ∅
-            ├── rparen_loc: ∅
+        ├── @ DefNode (location: (168,0)-(168,16))
+        │   ├── name: :bar
+        │   ├── name_loc: (168,8)-(168,11) = "bar"
+        │   ├── receiver:
+        │   │   @ LocalVariableReadNode (location: (168,4)-(168,7))
+        │   │   ├── name: :foo
+        │   │   └── depth: 0
+        │   ├── parameters: ∅
+        │   ├── body: ∅
+        │   ├── locals: []
+        │   ├── def_keyword_loc: (168,0)-(168,3) = "def"
+        │   ├── operator_loc: (168,7)-(168,8) = "."
+        │   ├── lparen_loc: ∅
+        │   ├── rparen_loc: ∅
+        │   ├── equal_loc: ∅
+        │   └── end_keyword_loc: (168,13)-(168,16) = "end"
+        └── @ DefNode (location: (170,0)-(170,18))
+            ├── name: :f
+            ├── name_loc: (170,4)-(170,5) = "f"
+            ├── receiver: ∅
+            ├── parameters:
+            │   @ ParametersNode (location: (170,6)-(170,7))
+            │   ├── requireds: (length: 0)
+            │   ├── optionals: (length: 0)
+            │   ├── rest:
+            │   │   @ RestParameterNode (location: (170,6)-(170,7))
+            │   │   ├── name: ∅
+            │   │   ├── name_loc: ∅
+            │   │   └── operator_loc: (170,6)-(170,7) = "*"
+            │   ├── posts: (length: 0)
+            │   ├── keywords: (length: 0)
+            │   ├── keyword_rest: ∅
+            │   └── block: ∅
+            ├── body:
+            │   @ StatementsNode (location: (170,10)-(170,13))
+            │   └── body: (length: 1)
+            │       └── @ ArrayNode (location: (170,10)-(170,13))
+            │           ├── elements: (length: 1)
+            │           │   └── @ SplatNode (location: (170,11)-(170,12))
+            │           │       ├── operator_loc: (170,11)-(170,12) = "*"
+            │           │       └── expression: ∅
+            │           ├── opening_loc: (170,10)-(170,11) = "["
+            │           └── closing_loc: (170,12)-(170,13) = "]"
+            ├── locals: [:*]
+            ├── def_keyword_loc: (170,0)-(170,3) = "def"
+            ├── operator_loc: ∅
+            ├── lparen_loc: (170,5)-(170,6) = "("
+            ├── rparen_loc: (170,7)-(170,8) = ")"
             ├── equal_loc: ∅
-            └── end_keyword_loc: (168,13)-(168,16) = "end"
+            └── end_keyword_loc: (170,15)-(170,18) = "end"