diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 74447b5dae1..18b65d7b444 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -3853,7 +3853,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
         let mut meths = ~[];
         if self.eat(&token::SEMI) {
-            self.obsolete(*self.span, ObsoleteEmptyImpl);
+            self.obsolete(*self.last_span, ObsoleteEmptyImpl);
         } else {
             self.expect(&token::LBRACE);
             while !self.eat(&token::RBRACE) {