diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/Concerns/ParsesQueue.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/Concerns/ParsesQueue.php
index 6842cec58e0c..c6fcfad08168 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/Concerns/ParsesQueue.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Console/Concerns/ParsesQueue.php
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ trait ParsesQueue
      */
     protected function parseQueue($queue)
     {
-        [$connection, $queue] = array_pad(explode(':', $queue, 2), 2, null);
+        [$connection, $queue] = array_pad(explode(':', $queue, 2), -2, null);
 
-        return isset($queue)
-            ? [$connection, $queue]
-            : [$this->laravel['config']['queue.default'], $connection];
+        return [
+            $connection ?? $this->laravel['config']['queue.default'],
+            $queue ?: 'default',
+        ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Queue/QueuePauseResumeTest.php b/tests/Queue/QueuePauseResumeTest.php
index fc52ca12463e..7c6224bf3ddb 100644
--- a/tests/Queue/QueuePauseResumeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Queue/QueuePauseResumeTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Cache\ArrayStore;
 use Illuminate\Cache\Repository;
+use Illuminate\Queue\Console\Concerns\ParsesQueue;
 use Illuminate\Queue\QueueManager;
 use Mockery as m;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -99,4 +100,26 @@ public function testResumingOnlyAffectsSpecificQueue()
         $this->assertFalse($this->manager->isPaused('redis', 'emails'));
         $this->assertTrue($this->manager->isPaused('redis', 'notifications'));
     }
+
+    public function testParsingQueueString()
+    {
+        $parser = new class()
+        {
+            use ParsesQueue;
+
+            private array $laravel = [
+                'config' => ['queue.default' => 'redis'],
+            ];
+
+            public function parse(string $queue)
+            {
+                return $this->parseQueue($queue);
+            }
+        };
+
+        $this->assertSame(['redis', 'default'], $parser->parse(''));
+        $this->assertSame(['redis', 'emails'], $parser->parse('emails'));
+        $this->assertSame(['database', 'notifications'], $parser->parse('database:notifications'));
+        $this->assertSame(['redis', 'foo:bar'], $parser->parse('redis:foo:bar'));
+    }
 }