diff --git a/lib/irb/nesting_parser.rb b/lib/irb/nesting_parser.rb
index fc71d64ae..c1c9a5cc7 100644
--- a/lib/irb/nesting_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/nesting_parser.rb
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def scan_opens(tokens)
             when :on_heredoc_end
               opens.pop
             when :on_backtick
-              opens << [t, nil] if t.state.allbits?(Ripper::EXPR_BEG)
+              opens << [t, nil] unless t.state == Ripper::EXPR_ARG
             when :on_tstring_beg, :on_words_beg, :on_qwords_beg, :on_symbols_beg, :on_qsymbols_beg, :on_regexp_beg
               opens << [t, nil]
             when :on_tstring_end, :on_regexp_end, :on_label_end
diff --git a/test/irb/test_nesting_parser.rb b/test/irb/test_nesting_parser.rb
index 2db3cdab5..6b4f54ee2 100644
--- a/test/irb/test_nesting_parser.rb
+++ b/test/irb/test_nesting_parser.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def `; end
           def f() = 1
           %(); %w[]; %q(); %r{}; %i[]
           "#{1}"; ''; /#{1}/; `#{1}`
+          p(``); p ``; p x: ``; p 1, ``;
           :sym; :"sym"; :+; :`; :if
           [1, 2, 3]
           { x: 1, y: 2 }