diff --git a/Declare.xs b/Declare.xs
index c0c7d7b..edfbc0d 100644
--- a/Declare.xs
+++ b/Declare.xs
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ STATIC OP *dd_ck_const(pTHX_ OP *o, void *user_data) {

   PERL_UNUSED_VAR(user_data);

+  if (DD_HAVE_PARSER && PL_expect == XOPERATOR) {
+    return o;
+  }
+
   /* if this is set, we just grabbed a delimited string or something,
      not a bareword, so NO TOUCHY */