diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index f38271770..7732c7f00 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - Constants defined by indexing into another constant could fail codegen.
 - Stdlib nolibc code bugs fixed.
 - Regression: duplicate symbols with static variable declared in macro #1248.
+- Unsplat with named parameters was accidentally disallowed.
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Added `remove_first_item` `remove_last_item` and `remove_item` as aliases for the `match` functions.
diff --git a/src/compiler/parse_expr.c b/src/compiler/parse_expr.c
index 798f40f9b..f7ca8d7ca 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/parse_expr.c
@@ -498,6 +498,11 @@ bool parse_arg_list(ParseContext *c, Expr ***result, TokenType param_end, bool *
 		{
 			if (splat)
 			{
+				if (*splat)
+				{
+					PRINT_ERROR_HERE("'...' is only allowed on the last argument in a call.");
+					return false;
+				}
 				*splat = try_consume(c, TOKEN_ELLIPSIS);
 			}
 			ASSIGN_EXPR_OR_RET(expr, parse_expr(c), false);
@@ -510,8 +515,6 @@ bool parse_arg_list(ParseContext *c, Expr ***result, TokenType param_end, bool *
 		if (tok_is(c, param_end)) return true;
 		if (splat && *splat)
 		{
-			PRINT_ERROR_HERE("'...' is only allowed on the last argument in a call.");
-			return false;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index a54f2476b..1a3e8d2f2 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -1301,6 +1301,7 @@ INLINE bool sema_call_expand_arguments(SemaContext *context, CalledDecl *callee,
 
 	// 2. Loop through the parameters.
 	bool has_named = false;
+	bool found_splat = false;
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_args; i++)
 	{
 		Expr *arg = args[i];
@@ -1340,7 +1341,13 @@ INLINE bool sema_call_expand_arguments(SemaContext *context, CalledDecl *callee,
 			actual_args[index] = arg->designator_expr.value;
 			continue;
 		}
-
+		if (*vararg_splat_ref)
+		{
+			if (no_match_ref) goto NO_MATCH_REF;
+			RETURN_SEMA_FUNC_ERROR(callee->definition, arg,
+			                       "This looks like an argument after a splatted variable, which "
+			                       "isn't allowed. Did you add too many arguments?");
+		}
 		if (has_named)
 		{
 			RETURN_SEMA_FUNC_ERROR(callee->definition, args[i - 1],
@@ -1365,14 +1372,6 @@ INLINE bool sema_call_expand_arguments(SemaContext *context, CalledDecl *callee,
 			// 11a. Look if we did a splat
 			if (call->call_expr.splat_vararg)
 			{
-				// 11b. Is this the last argument, or did we get some before the splat?
-				if (i < num_args - 1)
-				{
-					if (no_match_ref) goto NO_MATCH_REF;
-					RETURN_SEMA_FUNC_ERROR(callee->definition, arg,
-										   "This looks like a variable argument before an splatted variable which "
-					                       "isn't allowed. Did you add too many arguments?");
-				}
 				*vararg_splat_ref = arg;
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/test/test_suite/functions/unsplat_named.c3 b/test/test_suite/functions/unsplat_named.c3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..760acb708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/functions/unsplat_named.c3
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+fn void test(int... abc, int a)
+{  }
+
+fn void main()
+{
+	int[] b = { 1, 2 };
+	test(...b, .a = 123);
+}
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