diff --git a/jq_test.c b/jq_test.c
index c924cc16..928fb3b2 100644
--- a/jq_test.c
+++ b/jq_test.c
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ static void run_jq_tests(FILE *testdata) {
 
 
 static void jv_test() {
+  /// JSON parser regression tests
+  {
+    jv v = jv_parse("{\"a':\"12\"}");
+    assert(jv_get_kind(v) == JV_KIND_INVALID);
+    v = jv_invalid_get_msg(v);
+    assert(strcmp(jv_string_value(v), "Expected separator between values at line 1, column 9 (while parsing '{\"a':\"12\"}')") == 0);
+    jv_free(v);
+  }
   /// Arrays and numbers
   {
     jv a = jv_array();
diff --git a/jv_parse.c b/jv_parse.c
index e534e93b..ae2ef7ff 100644
--- a/jv_parse.c
+++ b/jv_parse.c
@@ -456,9 +456,15 @@ jv jv_parser_next(struct jv_parser* p) {
   } else if (msg) {
     parser_reset(p);
     if (ch != '\036' && (p->flags & JV_PARSE_SEQ)) {
+      // Skip to the next RS
       p->st = JV_PARSER_WAITING_FOR_RS;
       return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string_fmt("%s at line %d, column %d (need RS to resync)", msg, p->line, p->column));
     }
+    if (!(p->flags & JV_PARSE_SEQ)) {
+      // We're not parsing a JSON text sequence; throw this buffer away.
+      p->curr_buf = 0;
+      p->curr_buf_pos = 0;
+    } // Else ch must be RS; don't clear buf so we can start parsing again after this ch
     return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string_fmt("%s at line %d, column %d", msg, p->line, p->column));
   } else if (p->curr_buf_is_partial) {
     assert(p->curr_buf_pos == p->curr_buf_length);