diff --git a/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifest.php b/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifest.php
index 2387e4c63..faa27c708 100644
--- a/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifest.php
+++ b/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifest.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class SS_ConfigStaticManifest {
 			if ($static['access'] != T_PRIVATE) {
 				Deprecation::notice('3.2.0', "Config static $class::\$$name must be marked as private", Deprecation::SCOPE_GLOBAL);
 				// Don't warn more than once per static
-				$static['access'] = T_PRIVATE;
+				$this->statics[$class][$name]['access'] = T_PRIVATE;
 			}
 
 			return $static['value'];
@@ -231,11 +231,12 @@ class SS_ConfigStaticManifest_Parser {
 			else if($type == T_PUBLIC || $type == T_PRIVATE || $type == T_PROTECTED) {
 				$access = $type;
 			}
-			else if($type == T_STATIC) {
-				if($class && $depth == $clsdepth) $this->parseStatic($access, $namespace ? $namespace.'\\'.$class : $class);
+			else if($type == T_STATIC && $class && $depth == $clsdepth) {
+				$this->parseStatic($access, $namespace ? $namespace.'\\'.$class : $class);
+				$access = 0;
 			}
 			else {
-				$access = '';
+				$access = 0;
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest.php b/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest.php
index 5655599f6..a062b09c1 100644
--- a/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest.php
+++ b/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class ConfigStaticManifestTest extends SapphireTest {
 	static public $public2;
 	static protected $protected2;
 	static private $private2;
+	static $nolevel_after_private;
 
 	// Assigning values
 	static $snone;
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ DOC;
 			'protected' => T_PROTECTED,
 			'protected2' => T_PROTECTED,
 			'private' => T_PRIVATE,
-			'private2' => T_PRIVATE
+			'private2' => T_PRIVATE,
+			'nolevel_after_private' => null
 		);
 
 		foreach($levels as $var => $level) {