diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/syntax_error_proxy.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/syntax_error_proxy.rb
index 59d96d86813b..a0e2ce385744 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/syntax_error_proxy.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/syntax_error_proxy.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def backtrace_locations
 
     private
       def parse_message_for_trace
-        if __getobj__.to_s.start_with?("(eval")
+        # If RUBY_VERSION < 3.2, the path method is not available for SyntaxError
+        if is_eval?
           # If the exception is coming from a call to eval, we need to keep
           # the path of the file in which eval was called to ensure we can
           # return the right source fragment to show the location of the
@@ -54,5 +55,15 @@ def parse_message_for_trace
           __getobj__.to_s.split("\n")
         end
       end
+
+      if SyntaxError.method_defined?(:path) # Ruby 3.3+
+        def is_eval?
+          __getobj__.path.start_with?("(eval")
+        end
+      else # 3.2 and older versions of Ruby
+        def is_eval?
+          __getobj__.to_s.start_with?("(eval")
+        end
+      end
   end
 end