diff --git a/mypy/fastparse2.py b/mypy/fastparse2.py
index 9d85ea3486ba..b8cbef904a12 100644
--- a/mypy/fastparse2.py
+++ b/mypy/fastparse2.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def visit_Module(self, mod: ast27.Module) -> MypyFile:
                 self.type_ignores[ti.lineno] = parsed
             else:
                 self.fail(INVALID_TYPE_IGNORE, ti.lineno, -1)
-        body = self.fix_function_overloads(self.translate_stmt_list(mod.body))
+        body = self.fix_function_overloads(self.translate_stmt_list(mod.body, module=True))
         return MypyFile(body,
                         self.imports,
                         False,
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-ignore.test b/test-data/unit/check-ignore.test
index 6d3d1b097556..863d5ed5cd73 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-ignore.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-ignore.test
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ IGNORE
 # type: ignore
 import MISSING
 
+[case testIgnoreWholeModulePy27]
+# flags: --python-version 2.7
+# type: ignore
+IGNORE
+
 [case testDontIgnoreWholeModule1]
 if True:
     # type: ignore