2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/t/op/repeat.t b/t/op/repeat.t
index e728413e9b..d1083e8a8f 100755
--- a/t/op/repeat.t
+++ b/t/op/repeat.t
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 
 require './test.pl';
-plan(tests => 41);
+plan(tests => 42);
 
 # compile time
 
@@ -151,3 +151,6 @@ is(77, scalar ((1,7)x2),    'stack truncation');
     }
     is($y, 'abcdabcd');
 }
+
+# [perl #35885]
+is( (join ',', (qw(a b c) x 3)), 'a,b,c,a,b,c,a,b,c', 'x on qw produces list' );
diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index d496f48c35..874f8ab4dd 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -4956,6 +4956,7 @@ Perl_yylex(pTHX)
 	    s = scan_str(s,FALSE,FALSE);
 	    if (!s)
 		missingterm((char*)0);
+	    PL_expect = XOPERATOR;
 	    force_next(')');
 	    if (SvCUR(PL_lex_stuff)) {
 		OP *words = Nullop;