diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 845f968873..e131457d57 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -11777,9 +11777,10 @@ parser_append_options(struct parser_params *p, NODE *node)
 
     if (p->do_loop) {
 	if (p->do_split) {
+	    NODE *args = NEW_LIST(NEW_GVAR(rb_intern("$;"), LOC), LOC);
 	    NODE *split = NEW_GASGN(rb_intern("$F"),
 				    NEW_CALL(NEW_GVAR(idLASTLINE, LOC),
-					     rb_intern("split"), 0, LOC),
+					     rb_intern("split"), args, LOC),
 				    LOC);
 	    node = block_append(p, split, node);
 	}