diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index bdffe6261..08fdc93cd 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - "Inlined at" would sometimes show the current location.
 - Fixed bug splatting constants into constants.
 - Resize bug when resizing memory down in ArenaAllocator, DynamicArenaAllocator, BackedArenaAllocator.
+- Error message for missing arg incorrect for methods with zero args #2296.
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Improve contract for readline. #2280
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index 977c27781..d2ad30c39 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -1999,7 +1999,8 @@ SPLAT_NORMAL:;
 		{
 			int missing = 1;
 			for (int j = i + 1; j < func_param_count; j++) if (!actual_args[j]) missing++;
-			if (vec_size(callee->params) == 1)
+			int implicit_args = callee->struct_var ? 1 : 0;
+			if (vec_size(callee->params) == 1 + implicit_args)
 			{
 				if (param->type)
 				{
@@ -2014,7 +2015,7 @@ SPLAT_NORMAL:;
 				print_error_after(last->span, "Expected '%s: ...' after this argument.", param->name);
 				RETURN_NOTE_FUNC_DEFINITION;
 			}
-			if (!num_args)
+			if (num_args == implicit_args)
 			{
 				if (missing != needed)
 				{
diff --git a/test/test_suite/methods/method_error_args.c3 b/test/test_suite/methods/method_error_args.c3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93277cfec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/methods/method_error_args.c3
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module test;
+import std;
+
+fn void String.hello(self, int a, int b) {}
+fn void main()
+{
+	String s = "foek";
+	s.hello();  // #error: 'hello' expects 2 parameter(s), but none was provided
+	s.hello(1); // #error: 1 more argument was expected after this one, did you forget it?
+}