diff --git a/cli/src/tests/query_test.rs b/cli/src/tests/query_test.rs
index 4220dccb..d94ebac0 100644
--- a/cli/src/tests/query_test.rs
+++ b/cli/src/tests/query_test.rs
@@ -991,6 +991,24 @@ fn test_query_matches_with_negated_fields() {
     });
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_query_matches_with_field_at_root() {
+    allocations::record(|| {
+        let language = get_language("javascript");
+        let query = Query::new(language, "name: (identifier) @name").unwrap();
+        assert_query_matches(
+            language,
+            &query,
+            "
+            a();
+            function b() {}
+            class c extends d {}
+            ",
+            &[(0, vec![("name", "b")]), (0, vec![("name", "c")])],
+        );
+    });
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_query_matches_with_repeated_leaf_nodes() {
     allocations::record(|| {
diff --git a/lib/src/query.c b/lib/src/query.c
index d691dcc8..65dbe1fe 100644
--- a/lib/src/query.c
+++ b/lib/src/query.c
@@ -2756,8 +2756,9 @@ static inline bool ts_query_cursor__advance(
         do {
           // If this node matches the first step of the pattern, then add a new
           // state at the start of this pattern.
-          if (step->field && field_id != step->field) continue;
-          ts_query_cursor__add_state(self, pattern);
+          if (!step->field || field_id == step->field) {
+            ts_query_cursor__add_state(self, pattern);
+          }
 
           // Advance to the next pattern whose root node matches this node.
           i++;