diff --git a/prism_compile.c b/prism_compile.c
index aca358f871..04fc96e990 100644
--- a/prism_compile.c
+++ b/prism_compile.c
@@ -10118,9 +10118,11 @@ pm_iseq_compile_node(rb_iseq_t *iseq, pm_scope_node_t *node)
 void
 pm_parse_result_free(pm_parse_result_t *result)
 {
-    if (result->parsed) {
+    if (result->node.ast_node != NULL) {
         pm_node_destroy(&result->parser, result->node.ast_node);
+    }
 
+    if (result->parsed) {
         xfree(result->node.constants);
         pm_scope_node_destroy(&result->node);
     }
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_syntax.rb b/test/ruby/test_syntax.rb
index 7a6c66d782..edf5886a53 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_syntax.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_syntax.rb
@@ -2204,6 +2204,20 @@ eom
     assert_syntax_error('def foo(...) super(1, ...) {}; end', /both block arg and actual block/)
   end
 
+  def test_argument_forwarding_with_super_memory_leak
+    assert_no_memory_leak([], "#{<<-'begin;'}", "#{<<-'end;'}", rss: true)
+      code = proc do
+        eval("def foo(...) super(...) {}; end")
+        raise "unreachable"
+      rescue SyntaxError
+      end
+
+      1_000.times(&code)
+    begin;
+      100_000.times(&code)
+    end;
+  end
+
   def test_class_module_Object_ancestors
     assert_separately([], <<-RUBY)
       m = Module.new