diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
index 772b52a..24078f5 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@
   CheckScriptFailure(lines, 'E1013:')
 enddef
 
+def Test_call_call()
+  let l = [3, 2, 1]
+  call('reverse', [l])
+  assert_equal([1, 2, 3], l)
+enddef
+
 let s:value = ''
 
 def FuncOneDefArg(opt = 'text')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ec86fb4..1ab7a61 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1425,
+/**/
     1424,
 /**/
     1423,
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index 72c26ce..53dca80 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -6484,8 +6484,15 @@
 	cmdmod = save_cmdmod;
 
 	// Skip ":call" to get to the function name.
+	p = ea.cmd;
 	if (checkforcmd(&ea.cmd, "call", 3))
-	    ea.cmd = skipwhite(ea.cmd);
+	{
+	    if (*ea.cmd == '(')
+		// not for "call()"
+		ea.cmd = p;
+	    else
+		ea.cmd = skipwhite(ea.cmd);
+	}
 
 	if (!starts_with_colon)
 	{