2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3b87b59e5..af0b80141f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Jan  7 15:40:07 2006  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* parse.y (singleton): get rid of segfault on syntax error.
+	  fixed: [ruby-core:07070]
+
 Sun Jan  1 17:07:59 2006  Hirokazu Yamamoto  <ocean@m2.ccsnet.ne.jp>
 
 	* win32/win32.c (rb_w32_seekdir): should not segfault even if passed
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 0fc91b0d50..bd2039822c 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ opt_f_block_arg	: ',' f_block_arg
 
 singleton	: var_ref
 		    {
-			if (nd_type($1) == NODE_SELF) {
+			if ($1 && nd_type($1) == NODE_SELF) {
 			    $$ = NEW_SELF();
 			}
 			else {