#9233: Fix json to work properly even when _json is not available.
diff --git a/Lib/json/decoder.py b/Lib/json/decoder.py
index d606cbd..7b3d7d5 100644
--- a/Lib/json/decoder.py
+++ b/Lib/json/decoder.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
         pairs = object_hook(pairs)
     return pairs, end
 
-def JSONArray(s_and_end, scan_once, context, _w=WHITESPACE.match):
+def JSONArray(s_and_end, scan_once, _w=WHITESPACE.match, _ws=WHITESPACE_STR):
     s, end = s_and_end
     values = []
     nextchar = s[end:end + 1]