diff --git a/prism_compile.c b/prism_compile.c
index ed5f1367ed..9594be7065 100644
--- a/prism_compile.c
+++ b/prism_compile.c
@@ -5582,7 +5582,6 @@ pm_compile_node(rb_iseq_t *iseq, const pm_node_t *node, LINK_ANCHOR *const ret,
         }
 
         if (requireds_list) {
-            int number_of_anonymous_locals = 0;
             for (size_t i = 0; i < requireds_list->size; i++) {
                 // For each MultiTargetNode, we're going to have one
                 // additional anonymous local not represented in the locals table
@@ -5592,19 +5591,11 @@ pm_compile_node(rb_iseq_t *iseq, const pm_node_t *node, LINK_ANCHOR *const ret,
                     table_size++;
                 }
                 else if (PM_NODE_TYPE_P(required, PM_REQUIRED_PARAMETER_NODE)) {
-                    if (pm_constant_id_lookup(scope_node, ((pm_required_parameter_node_t *)required)->name) == rb_intern("_")) {
-                        number_of_anonymous_locals++;
+                    if (PM_NODE_FLAG_P(required, PM_PARAMETER_FLAGS_REPEATED_PARAMETER)) {
+                        table_size++;
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-            // For each anonymous local we also want to increase the size
-            // of the locals table. Prism's locals table accounts for all
-            // anonymous locals as 1, so we need to increase the table size
-            // by the number of anonymous locals - 1
-            if (number_of_anonymous_locals > 1) {
-                table_size += (number_of_anonymous_locals - 1);
-            }
         }
 
         if (posts_list) {
@@ -5686,7 +5677,9 @@ pm_compile_node(rb_iseq_t *iseq, const pm_node_t *node, LINK_ANCHOR *const ret,
                   case PM_REQUIRED_PARAMETER_NODE: {
                       pm_required_parameter_node_t * param = (pm_required_parameter_node_t *)required;
 
-                      pm_insert_local_index(param->name, local_index, index_lookup_table, local_table_for_iseq, scope_node);
+                      if (!PM_NODE_FLAG_P(required, PM_PARAMETER_FLAGS_REPEATED_PARAMETER)) {
+                          pm_insert_local_index(param->name, local_index, index_lookup_table, local_table_for_iseq, scope_node);
+                      }
                       break;
                   }
                   default: {
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_compile_prism.rb b/test/ruby/test_compile_prism.rb
index 99f932a238..835b3b819b 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_compile_prism.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_compile_prism.rb
@@ -1299,6 +1299,10 @@ module Prism
       CODE
     end
 
+    def test_repeated_method_params
+      assert_prism_eval("def self.foo(_a, _a); _a; end; foo(1, 2)")
+    end
+
     def test_method_parameters
       assert_prism_eval(<<-CODE)
         def self.prism_test_method_parameters(a, b=1, *c, d:, e: 2, **f, &g)