diff --git a/compiler/parser.nim b/compiler/parser.nim
index 7475050974..7f438f4208 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.nim
+++ b/compiler/parser.nim
@@ -699,10 +699,12 @@ proc parsePar(p: var Parser): PNode =
       asgn.add b
       result.add(asgn)
       if p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
+        getTok(p)
         semiStmtList(p, result)
     elif p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
       # stmt context:
       result.add(a)
+      getTok(p)
       semiStmtList(p, result)
     else:
       a = colonOrEquals(p, a)
diff --git a/tests/parser/tstmtlistexprempty.nim b/tests/parser/tstmtlistexprempty.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d71c1aeb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/tstmtlistexprempty.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+discard """
+  nimout: '''
+StmtList
+  ReturnStmt
+    StmtListExpr
+      Call
+        DotExpr
+          Ident "x"
+          Ident "add"
+        StrLit "123"
+      Call
+        DotExpr
+          Ident "x"
+          Ident "add"
+        StrLit "123"
+      Ident "x"
+'''
+"""
+
+import std/macros
+
+dumpTree:
+  return (x.add("123"); x.add("123"); x)