diff --git a/src/runtime/parser.c b/src/runtime/parser.c
index 4e5e6c32..979bfdb0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/parser.c
+++ b/src/runtime/parser.c
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ static CondenseResult parser__condense_stack(Parser *self) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    StackVersion version_to_swap = STACK_VERSION_NONE;
     ErrorStatus right_error_status = ts_stack_error_status(self->stack, i);
     if (right_error_status.count == 0) has_version_without_errors = true;
 
@@ -207,8 +206,9 @@ static CondenseResult parser__condense_stack(Parser *self) {
             result |= CondenseResultMadeChange;
             i--;
             j--;
-          } else if (version_to_swap != STACK_VERSION_NONE) {
-            version_to_swap = j;
+          } else {
+            ts_stack_swap_versions(self->stack, i, j);
+            j = i;
             result |= CondenseResultMadeChange;
           }
           break;
@@ -222,10 +222,6 @@ static CondenseResult parser__condense_stack(Parser *self) {
           }
       }
     }
-
-    if (version_to_swap != STACK_VERSION_NONE) {
-      ts_stack_swap_versions(self->stack, i, version_to_swap);
-    }
   }
 
   while (ts_stack_version_count(self->stack) > MAX_VERSION_COUNT) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/error_corpus/javascript_errors.txt b/test/fixtures/error_corpus/javascript_errors.txt
index 1cfda563..45eb1c33 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/error_corpus/javascript_errors.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/error_corpus/javascript_errors.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ e f;
       (ERROR (identifier))
       (identifier))
     (statement_block
-      (expression_statement (ERROR (identifier)) (identifier))))
+      (ERROR (identifier))
+      (expression_statement (identifier))))
   (expression_statement (ERROR (identifier)) (identifier)))
 
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