diff --git a/src/tokenizer.rs b/src/tokenizer.rs
index 2558d6a45..0fc7caf7c 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -678,9 +678,9 @@ impl<'c> Tokenizer<'c> {
                     return self.call_error(
                         TokenizerError::closing_unopened_brace,
                         self.token_cursor,
-                        self.start.len(),
-                        None,
-                        0,
+                        self.token_cursor,
+                        Some(1),
+                        1,
                     );
                 }
                 if brace_offsets.is_empty() {
diff --git a/tests/checks/read.fish b/tests/checks/read.fish
index 93f5a54a9..b1324b5b5 100644
--- a/tests/checks/read.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/read.fish
@@ -400,3 +400,31 @@ echo foo | read -n -1
 # CHECKERR: echo foo | read -n -1
 # CHECKERR: ^
 # CHECKERR: (Type 'help read' for related documentation)
+
+echo '1 ( (' | read -lat var
+set -S var
+# CHECK: $var: set in local scope, unexported, with 2 elements
+# CHECK: $var[1]: |1|
+# CHECK: $var[2]: |( (|
+
+echo '1 ) )' | read -lat var
+set -S var
+# CHECK: $var: set in local scope, unexported, with 2 elements
+# CHECK: $var[1]: |1|
+# CHECK: $var[2]: |)|
+
+echo '1 { {' | read -lat var
+set -S var
+# CHECK: $var: set in local scope, unexported, with 2 elements
+# CHECK: $var[1]: |1|
+# CHECK: $var[2]: |{ {|
+
+echo '1 } }' | read -lat var
+set -S var
+# CHECK: $var: set in local scope, unexported, with 2 elements
+# CHECK: $var[1]: |1|
+# CHECK: $var[2]: |}|
+
+echo '1  {} "{}"' | read -lat var
+echo $var
+# CHECK: 1 {} {}