diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/ExpressionStatement.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/ExpressionStatement.js
index 75c003c0ad..72b20bd837 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/ExpressionStatement.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/ExpressionStatement.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function ExpressionStatement(node, context) {
 		if (parallelize) {
 			const declarator = {
 				id: null,
-				init: /** @type {Expression} */ (context.visit(node.expression))
+				init: /** @type {Expression} */ (context.visit(node.expression.argument))
 			};
 			if (current_chunk) {
 				current_chunk.declarators.push(declarator);