diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js b/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
index 18133b34..28b855fc 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
         return fn.call(this, code, options);
       } catch (_error) {
         err = _error;
+        if (typeof code !== 'string') {
+          throw err;
+        }
         throw helpers.updateSyntaxError(err, code, options.filename);
       }
     };
diff --git a/src/coffee-script.coffee b/src/coffee-script.coffee
index 7e6f76c4..c2b81a39 100644
--- a/src/coffee-script.coffee
+++ b/src/coffee-script.coffee
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ withPrettyErrors = (fn) ->
     try
       fn.call @, code, options
     catch err
+      throw err if typeof code isnt 'string' # Support `CoffeeScript.nodes(tokens)`.
       throw helpers.updateSyntaxError err, code, options.filename
 
 # Compile CoffeeScript code to JavaScript, using the Coffee/Jison compiler.