diff --git a/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/ast/Scope.java b/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/ast/Scope.java
index 336a6ef656..b0d28b2bb3 100644
--- a/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/ast/Scope.java
+++ b/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/ast/Scope.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public void setTop(ScriptNode top) {
      * a scope chain.
      */
     public static Scope splitScope(Scope scope) {
-        Scope result = new Scope(scope.getType());
+        Scope result = new Scope(scope.getPosition(), scope.getLength());
         result.symbolTable = scope.symbolTable;
         scope.symbolTable = null;
         result.parent = scope.parent;