diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/Parser.php b/src/Illuminate/Console/Parser.php
index 4ccc88dc3ea5..13cc385edb8b 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/Parser.php
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ protected static function parameters(array $tokens)
         foreach ($tokens as $token) {
             if (preg_match('/-{2,}(.*)/', $token, $matches)) {
                 $options[] = static::parseOption($matches[1]);
-            } else {
-                $arguments[] = static::parseArgument($token);
+
+                continue;
             }
+
+            $arguments[] = static::parseArgument($token);
         }
 
         return [$arguments, $options];