diff --git a/src/block.rs b/src/block.rs
index 8c310ea..3f9f87a 100644
--- a/src/block.rs
+++ b/src/block.rs
@@ -429,6 +429,24 @@ mod test {
             (Element(Inline), " l1"),
             (Exit(Leaf(CodeBlock { fence_length: 4 })), "````"),
         );
+        test_parse!(
+            concat!(
+                "```\n", //
+                "a\n",   //
+                "```\n", //
+                "```\n", //
+                "bbb\n", //
+                "```\n", //
+            ),
+            (Enter(Leaf(CodeBlock { fence_length: 3 })), "```"),
+            (Element(Inline), ""),
+            (Element(Inline), "a\n"),
+            (Exit(Leaf(CodeBlock { fence_length: 3 })), "```"),
+            (Enter(Leaf(CodeBlock { fence_length: 3 })), "```"),
+            (Element(Inline), ""),
+            (Element(Inline), "bbb\n"),
+            (Exit(Leaf(CodeBlock { fence_length: 3 })), "```"),
+        );
     }
 
     macro_rules! test_block {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8e18a24..177fc59 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ impl<'s> Iterator for Parser<'s> {
                     tree::EventKind::Element(atom) => {
                         assert_eq!(atom, block::Atom::Inline);
                         parser.parse(ev.span.of(self.src));
-                        self.inline_start = ev.span.start();
                     }
                     tree::EventKind::Exit(block) => {
                         self.parser = None;