diff --git a/lib/liquid/parser_switching.rb b/lib/liquid/parser_switching.rb
index 78afd58a..e9126580 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/parser_switching.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/parser_switching.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Liquid
     def parse_with_selected_parser(markup)
       case parse_context.error_mode
       when :strict then strict_parse_with_error_context(markup)
-      when :lax    then lax_parse(markup)
+      when :lax    then strict_parse_with_error_context(markup)
       when :warn
         begin
           strict_parse_with_error_context(markup)