===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_macro.c,v
retrieving revision 1.214
retrieving revision 1.215
diff -u -p -r1.214 -r1.215
--- mandoc/mdoc_macro.c	2017/02/11 14:11:17	1.214
+++ mandoc/mdoc_macro.c	2017/02/11 15:47:16	1.215
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_macro.c,v 1.214 2017/02/11 14:11:17 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_macro.c,v 1.215 2017/02/11 15:47:16 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2012-2016 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ find_pending(struct roff_man *mdoc, int tok, int line,
 	struct roff_node	*n;
 	int			 irc;
 
+	if (target->flags & NODE_VALID)
+		return 0;
+
 	irc = 0;
 	for (n = mdoc->last; n != NULL && n != target; n = n->parent) {
 		if (n->flags & NODE_ENDED)
@@ -733,9 +736,7 @@ blk_exp_close(MACRO_PROT_ARGS)
 			do
 				target = target->parent;
 			while ( ! (target->flags & NODE_ENDED));
-			if ( ! (target->flags & NODE_VALID))
-				pending = find_pending(mdoc, ntok,
-				    line, ppos, target);
+			pending = find_pending(mdoc, ntok, line, ppos, target);
 		}
 		if ( ! pending)
 			rew_pending(mdoc, n);