diff --git a/Grammar/Actions.nqp b/Grammar/Actions.nqp
index 2823553..99d5ffe 100644
--- a/Grammar/Actions.nqp
+++ b/Grammar/Actions.nqp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # $Id: Actions.pm 36833 2009-02-17 20:09:26Z allison $
 # Copyright (C) 2007, Parrot Foundation.
+# Copyright (C) 2009, Bradley M. Kuhn
 
 class Pynie::Grammar::Actions;
 
@@ -233,9 +234,13 @@ method lambda_form($/) {
     my $expr := $( $<expression> );
 
     ## add a return statement to this block
+
     $past.push( PAST::Op.new( $expr, :pasttype('return'), :node($/) ) );
     $past.control('return_pir');
-    make $past;
+
+    # We need to create a closure each time the lambda() is evaluated
+    my $closure := PAST::Op.new(:inline('%r = newclosure %0'),$past);
+    make $closure;
 }
 
 method funcdef($/) {