diff --git a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/typeRepresentation/PyTypeRepresentationParser.kt b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/typeRepresentation/PyTypeRepresentationParser.kt
index a55a648ee846..45a552fb85dd 100644
--- a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/typeRepresentation/PyTypeRepresentationParser.kt
+++ b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/typeRepresentation/PyTypeRepresentationParser.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.jetbrains.python.codeInsight.typeRepresentation
 import com.intellij.lang.SyntaxTreeBuilder
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.NlsContexts
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType
+import com.jetbrains.python.PYTHON_VERSION_ARG
 import com.jetbrains.python.PyElementTypes
 import com.jetbrains.python.PyParsingBundle
 import com.jetbrains.python.PyTokenTypes
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ class PyTypeRepresentationParser : PyParser() {
             }
             namedVarargMarker.done(PyTypeRepresentationElementTypes.NAMED_PARAMETER_TYPE)
           }
-          else {
+          else if (atToken(PyTokenTypes.IDENTIFIER)) {
             // Unnamed *args, just parse the type
             parseExpression()
           }
diff --git a/python/testData/typeRepresentation/parsing/ callable no type after star.txt b/python/testData/typeRepresentation/parsing/ callable no type after star.txt
index b250a148d189..6f37595a1cb7 100644
--- a/python/testData/typeRepresentation/parsing/ callable no type after star.txt	
+++ b/python/testData/typeRepresentation/parsing/ callable no type after star.txt	
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ TypeRepresentation:a.pythonTypeRepresentation
       PsiElement(Py:LPAR)('(')
       PyStarExpression
         PsiElement(Py:MULT)('*')
-        PsiErrorElement:Unexpected token
-          <empty list>
-        PsiElement(Py:RPAR)(')')
-      PsiErrorElement:')' expected
-        <empty list>
+      PsiElement(Py:RPAR)(')')
     PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
     PsiElement(Py:RARROW)('->')
     PsiWhiteSpace(' ')