diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ea4f583b78..2b22b77d10 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Mar 14 02:14:50 2015  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* parse.y (primary): empty parentheses at cmdarg can be null.
+	  [ruby-core:68477] [Bug #10957]
+
 Fri Mar 13 15:04:36 2015  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/stringio/stringio.c (strio_close): don't raise on dobule
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 2202020e7c..18116f22af 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ arg		: lhs '=' arg
 			value_expr($1);
 			value_expr($3);
 			$$ = NEW_DOT2($1, $3);
-			if (nd_type($1) == NODE_LIT && FIXNUM_P($1->nd_lit) &&
+			if ($1 && nd_type($1) == NODE_LIT && FIXNUM_P($1->nd_lit) &&
 			    nd_type($3) == NODE_LIT && FIXNUM_P($3->nd_lit)) {
 			    deferred_nodes = list_append(deferred_nodes, $$);
 			}
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ arg		: lhs '=' arg
 			value_expr($1);
 			value_expr($3);
 			$$ = NEW_DOT3($1, $3);
-			if (nd_type($1) == NODE_LIT && FIXNUM_P($1->nd_lit) &&
+			if ($1 && nd_type($1) == NODE_LIT && FIXNUM_P($1->nd_lit) &&
 			    nd_type($3) == NODE_LIT && FIXNUM_P($3->nd_lit)) {
 			    deferred_nodes = list_append(deferred_nodes, $$);
 			}
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_syntax.rb b/test/ruby/test_syntax.rb
index 86c1090c30..ace5c8d46e 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_syntax.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_syntax.rb
@@ -557,6 +557,12 @@ eom
     assert_syntax_error(src, /formal argument/, bug10545)
   end
 
+  def test_null_range_cmdarg
+    bug10957 = '[ruby-core:68477] [Bug #10957]'
+    assert_ruby_status(['-c', '-e', 'p ()..0'], "", bug10957)
+    assert_ruby_status(['-c', '-e', 'p ()...0'], "", bug10957)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def not_label(x) @result = x; @not_label ||= nil end