diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b41840b81f..f9b317e600 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Jun 30 11:38:51 2004  Elven  <elven@elven.de>
+
+	* parse.y (primary): should not be NULL.  [ruby-core:03098]
+
 Wed Jun 30 02:53:24 2004  why the lucky stiff  <why@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/syck/rubyext.c (syck_emitter_new): set buffer after
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 2cc199097f..9f01320a8d 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -1438,7 +1438,10 @@ primary		: literal
 		  bodystmt
 		  kEND
 		    {
-			$$ = NEW_BEGIN($3);
+			if ($3 == NULL)
+			    $$ = NEW_NIL();
+			else
+			    $$ = NEW_BEGIN($3);
 			nd_set_line($$, $<num>1);
 		    }
 		| tLPAREN_ARG expr {lex_state = EXPR_ENDARG;} opt_nl ')'