diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/IRBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/IRBuilder.java
index f2e9f9373fc..9f2d8799779 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/IRBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/IRBuilder.java
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ public void receiveRequiredArg(Node node, int argIndex, boolean post, int numPre
     protected void receiveNonBlockArgs(final ArgsNode argsNode) {
         final int numPreReqd = argsNode.getPreCount();
         final int numPostReqd = argsNode.getPostCount();
-        final int required = argsNode.getRequiredArgsCount() + argsNode.getRequiredKeywordCount(); // numPreReqd + numPostReqd
+        final int required = argsNode.getRequiredArgsCount(); // numPreReqd + numPostReqd
         int opt = argsNode.getOptionalArgsCount();
         int rest = argsNode.getRestArg();