diff --git a/src/highlighters.cc b/src/highlighters.cc
index 11c4558b..8e1c35f4 100644
--- a/src/highlighters.cc
+++ b/src/highlighters.cc
@@ -1722,8 +1722,7 @@ struct RegionMatches
 
             if (beg_pos != end_it->end_coord())
                 beg_pos = end_it->end_coord();
-            else
-                ++end_it;
+            ++end_it;
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/test/highlight/regions-recurse/cmd b/test/highlight/regions-recurse/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/regions-recurse/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/highlight/regions-recurse/in b/test/highlight/regions-recurse/in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f890e435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/regions-recurse/in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foo(bar '()')
diff --git a/test/highlight/regions-recurse/rc b/test/highlight/regions-recurse/rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94244158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/regions-recurse/rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+add-highlighter window/regions_test regions
+add-highlighter window/regions_test/code default-region fill yellow
+add-highlighter window/regions_test/argument region '\w+\h*\(\K' '(?=\))' '\(' fill red
diff --git a/test/highlight/regions-recurse/ui-out b/test/highlight/regions-recurse/ui-out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da7dd594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/regions-recurse/ui-out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "set_ui_options", "params": [{}] }
+{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw", "params": [[[{ "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "white", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "f" }, { "face": { "fg": "yellow", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "oo(" }, { "face": { "fg": "red", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "bar '()'" }, { "face": { "fg": "yellow", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": ")\u000a" }]], { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }
+{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "menu_hide", "params": [] }
+{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "info_hide", "params": [] }
+{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw_status", "params": [[], [{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "out 1:1 " }, { "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "yellow", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "1 sel" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " - client0@[kak-tests]" }], { "fg": "cyan", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }
+{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "set_cursor", "params": ["buffer", { "line": 0, "column": 0 }] }
+{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "refresh", "params": [true] }