diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/Parsers.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/Parsers.scala
index e989b67becd8..48653ad96197 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/Parsers.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/Parsers.scala
@@ -997,6 +997,8 @@ object Parsers {
       leadingOperandTokens.contains(in.lookahead.token)
       || in.postfixOpsEnabled
       || in.lookahead.token == COLONop
+      || in.lookahead.token == EOF     // important for REPL completions
+      || ctx.mode.is(Mode.Interactive) // in interactive mode the next tokens might be missing
 
   /* --------- OPERAND/OPERATOR STACK --------------------------------------- */