diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index afd87441..3493f8e6 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
                 croak("Invalid use of " + op + " operator", token.line, token.col, token.pos);
             break;
           case "delete":
-            if (!(expr instanceof AST_PropAccess) && S.input.has_directive("use strict"))
+            if (expr instanceof AST_SymbolRef && S.input.has_directive("use strict"))
                 croak("Calling delete on expression not allowed in strict mode", expr.start.line, expr.start.col, expr.start.pos);
             break;
         }
diff --git a/test/input/invalid/delete.js b/test/input/invalid/delete.js
index ab780344..9753d3af 100644
--- a/test/input/invalid/delete.js
+++ b/test/input/invalid/delete.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 function f(x) {
+    delete 42;
+    delete (0, x);
+    delete null;
     delete x;
 }
 
 function g(x) {
     "use strict";
+    delete 42;
+    delete (0, x);
+    delete null;
     delete x;
 }
diff --git a/test/mocha/cli.js b/test/mocha/cli.js
index 523fc369..9d8d496f 100644
--- a/test/mocha/cli.js
+++ b/test/mocha/cli.js
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ describe("bin/uglifyjs", function () {
            assert.ok(err);
            assert.strictEqual(stdout, "");
            assert.strictEqual(stderr.split(/\n/).slice(0, 4).join("\n"), [
-               "Parse error at test/input/invalid/delete.js:7,11",
+               "Parse error at test/input/invalid/delete.js:13,11",
                "    delete x;",
                "           ^",
                "ERROR: Calling delete on expression not allowed in strict mode"