diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/ParsePathCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/ParsePathCommand.cs
index 0cf95e8ac9d..5e0711e55fa 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/ParsePathCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/commands/management/ParsePathCommand.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public string[] LiteralPath
         /// The qualifier is the drive or provider that is qualifying
         /// the MSH path.
         /// </value>
-        [Parameter(Position = 1, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, ParameterSetName = qualifierSet, Mandatory = false)]
+        [Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true, ParameterSetName = qualifierSet)]
         public SwitchParameter Qualifier { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -476,4 +476,3 @@ private string RemoveQualifier(string path)
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Split-Path.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Split-Path.Tests.ps1
index ed524c5aa9d..b9537a4a961 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Split-Path.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Split-Path.Tests.ps1
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ Describe "Split-Path" -Tags "CI" {
 	{ Split-Path -Qualifier -ErrorAction Stop abcdef } | Should -Throw
     }
 
+    It "Should error given positional parameter #2" {
+	    { Split-Path env: $NULL } | Should -Throw  -ErrorId 'PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SplitPathCommand'
+    }
+
     It "Should return the path when the noqualifier switch is used" {
 	Split-Path env:PATH -NoQualifier | Should -BeExactly "PATH"
     }