diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 85ca8029f1..841e686086 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Oct  7 04:15:25 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* parse.y (stmt): should not expand mrhs if lhs is solely starred.
+
 Tue Oct  7 02:57:53 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* parse.y (stmt): rhs of multiple assignment should not be
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 59ef2a891f..93d395717e 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ stmt		: kALIAS fitem {lex_state = EXPR_FNAME;} fitem
 		| mlhs '=' command_call
 		    {
 			value_expr($3);
-			$1->nd_value = NEW_TO_ARY($3);
+			$1->nd_value = ($1->nd_head) ? NEW_TO_ARY($3) : NEW_ARRAY($3);
 			$$ = $1;
 		    }
 		| var_lhs tOP_ASGN command_call
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ stmt		: kALIAS fitem {lex_state = EXPR_FNAME;} fitem
 		    }
 		| mlhs '=' arg_value
 		    {
-			$1->nd_value = NEW_TO_ARY($3);
+			$1->nd_value = ($1->nd_head) ? NEW_TO_ARY($3) : NEW_ARRAY($3);
 			$$ = $1;
 		    }
 		| mlhs '=' mrhs