diff --git a/lib/cfg-grammar.y b/lib/cfg-grammar.y
index fd178561d0..5bc4e6f41e 100644
--- a/lib/cfg-grammar.y
+++ b/lib/cfg-grammar.y
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@
 /* this is a placeholder for unit tests, must be the latest & largest */
 %token LL_CONTEXT_MAX                 27
 
+
+%left   ';'
+
 /* operators in the filter language, the order of this determines precedence */
 %right KW_ASSIGN 9000
 %right '?' ':'
diff --git a/lib/filter/filter-expr-grammar.ym b/lib/filter/filter-expr-grammar.ym
index 2d1e55496e..9462617201 100644
--- a/lib/filter/filter-expr-grammar.ym
+++ b/lib/filter/filter-expr-grammar.ym
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ _translate_number_literals(CfgLexer *lexer, gint compare_mode, LogTemplate *expr
 %token KW_PROGRAM
 %token KW_IN_LIST
 
-%left   ';'
-
 %type	<node> filter_expr
 %type	<node> filter_simple_expr
 %type	<node> filter_plugin