diff --git a/acorn.js b/acorn.js
index 53798add98..87112da42d 100644
--- a/acorn.js
+++ b/acorn.js
@@ -3050,6 +3050,7 @@
     // standard JS token or an XJS text node
     inXJSChild = origInXJSChild;
     inXJSTag = origInXJSTag;
+    tokRegexpAllowed = false;
     expectChar('>');
     return finishNode(node, "XJSClosingElement");
   }