diff --git a/spec/fixtures/error_corpus/c_errors.txt b/spec/fixtures/error_corpus/c_errors.txt
index 05bc7ec2..4dfb0894 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/error_corpus/c_errors.txt
+++ b/spec/fixtures/error_corpus/c_errors.txt
@@ -127,5 +127,6 @@ int b() {
           (ERROR (identifier) (identifier))
           (identifier) (number_literal)))
       (declaration
+        (ERROR (identifier) (identifier))
         (identifier)
-        (init_declarator (ERROR (identifier) (identifier)) (identifier) (number_literal))))))
+        (init_declarator (identifier) (number_literal))))))
diff --git a/src/runtime/parser.c b/src/runtime/parser.c
index 3323f19d..d2ea8747 100644
--- a/src/runtime/parser.c
+++ b/src/runtime/parser.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static StackPopResult parser__reduce(Parser *self, StackVersion version,
     // If this pop operation terminated at the end of an error region, then
     // create two stack versions: one in which the parent node is interpreted
     // normally, and one in which the parent node is skipped.
-    if (state == ERROR_STATE && allow_skipping) {
+    if (state == ERROR_STATE && allow_skipping && child_count > 1) {
       StackVersion other_version = ts_stack_copy_version(self->stack, slice.version);
 
       ts_stack_push(self->stack, other_version, parent, false, ERROR_STATE);