diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Parser/LanguageParser.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Parser/LanguageParser.cs
index b85fa8d0de84663b81f766534f1dea8a85cf61e8..881ac7dd238b5ffe5b8428e0ad22a18e1841998f 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Parser/LanguageParser.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Parser/LanguageParser.cs
@@ -11250,7 +11250,9 @@ private QueryBodySyntax ParseQueryBody()
                         selectOrGroupBy = this.ParseGroupClause();
                         break;
                     default:
-                        selectOrGroupBy = this.AddError(_syntaxFactory.SelectClause(SyntaxFactory.MissingToken(SyntaxKind.SelectKeyword), this.CreateMissingIdentifierName()), ErrorCode.ERR_ExpectedSelectOrGroup);
+                        selectOrGroupBy = _syntaxFactory.SelectClause(
+                            this.EatToken(SyntaxKind.SelectKeyword, ErrorCode.ERR_ExpectedSelectOrGroup),
+                            this.CreateMissingIdentifierName());
                         break;
                 }