diff --git a/boa/src/exec/tests.rs b/boa/src/exec/tests.rs
index 246fbe6c59a..2e3f3211dcd 100644
--- a/boa/src/exec/tests.rs
+++ b/boa/src/exec/tests.rs
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ fn assign_to_object_decl() {
     let mut engine = Context::new();
 
     const ERR_MSG: &str =
-        "Uncaught \"SyntaxError\": \"expected token \';\', got \':\' in expression statement at line 1, col 3\"";
+        "Uncaught \"SyntaxError\": \"unexpected token '=', primary expression at line 1, col 8\"";
 
     assert_eq!(forward(&mut engine, "{a: 3} = {a: 5};"), ERR_MSG);
 }
diff --git a/boa/src/syntax/parser/statement/mod.rs b/boa/src/syntax/parser/statement/mod.rs
index 95ed6feae72..08b419f4d11 100644
--- a/boa/src/syntax/parser/statement/mod.rs
+++ b/boa/src/syntax/parser/statement/mod.rs
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ where
                     .parse(cursor)
                     .map(Node::from)
             }
-            _ => {
-                // Before falling to expression check for a label
+            TokenKind::Identifier(_) => {
+                // Labelled Statement check
                 cursor.set_goal(InputElement::Div);
                 let tok = cursor.peek(1)?;
                 if tok.is_some()
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ where
 
                 ExpressionStatement::new(self.allow_yield, self.allow_await).parse(cursor)
             }
+
+            _ => ExpressionStatement::new(self.allow_yield, self.allow_await).parse(cursor),
         }
     }
 }