diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
index 5ff514de..472c28fc 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
@@ -6652,6 +6652,10 @@ static void statement(int *lastindent,int allow_decl)
     }
 
     if (is_decl) {
+      if (!allow_decl) {
+        error(3);
+        return;
+      }
       lexpush();
       autozero = TRUE;
       lastst = tNEW;
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-missing-arg-comma.sp b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-missing-arg-comma.sp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e56d2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-missing-arg-comma.sp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+stock void Function( float array1[ 3 ] float array2[ 3 ] )
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-missing-arg-comma.txt b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-missing-arg-comma.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..418e8963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/tests/fail-missing-arg-comma.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(1) : error 001: expected token: ")", but found "-identifier-"