diff --git a/spec/app/text-mate-grammar-spec.coffee b/spec/app/text-mate-grammar-spec.coffee
index 045edf9cb..369f10e7d 100644
--- a/spec/app/text-mate-grammar-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/text-mate-grammar-spec.coffee
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ describe "TextMateGrammar", ->
         expect(tokens[4].value).toBe "three(four(five(_param_)))))"
         expect(ruleStack).toEqual originalRuleStack
 
-    describe "when a grammar's captures has patterns", ->
+    describe "when a grammar has a capture with patterns", ->
       beforeEach ->
         atom.activatePackage('php.tmbundle', sync: true)
 
@@ -331,3 +331,29 @@ describe "TextMateGrammar", ->
 
         expect(tokens[6].value).toBe "function"
         expect(tokens[6].scopes).toEqual ["text.html.php", "meta.embedded.line.php", "source.php", "meta.function.php", "storage.type.function.php"]
+
+      it "ignores child captures of a capture with patterns", ->
+        grammar = new TextMateGrammar
+          name: "test"
+          scopeName: "source"
+          repository: {}
+          patterns: [
+            {
+              name: "text"
+              match: "(a(b))"
+              captures:
+                "1":
+                  patterns: [
+                    {
+                      match: "ab"
+                      name: "a"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                "2":
+                  name: "b"
+            }
+          ]
+        {tokens} = grammar.tokenizeLine("ab")
+
+        expect(tokens[0].value).toBe "ab"
+        expect(tokens[0].scopes).toEqual ["source", "text", "a"]
diff --git a/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee b/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
index a3601a1e2..039df3243 100644
--- a/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
+++ b/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
@@ -397,11 +397,9 @@ class Pattern
     tokens
 
   getTokensForCaptureRule: (rule, line, captureStart, captureEnd, scopes, stack) ->
-    line = line.substring(captureStart, captureEnd)
-    {tokens} = rule.grammar.tokenizeLine(line, [stack..., rule])
-    matchLength = 0
-    matchLength += token.value.length for token in tokens
-    {captureTokens: tokens, matchEndPosition: captureStart + matchLength}
+    captureText = line.substring(captureStart, captureEnd)
+    {tokens} = rule.grammar.tokenizeLine(captureText, [stack..., rule])
+    tokens
 
   getTokensForCaptureIndices: (line, captureIndices, scopes, stack) ->
     [parentCaptureIndex, parentCaptureStart, parentCaptureEnd] = shiftCapture(captureIndices)
@@ -411,36 +409,38 @@ class Pattern
       scopes = scopes.concat(scope)
 
     if captureRule = @captures[parentCaptureIndex]?.rule
-      {captureTokens, matchEndPosition} = @getTokensForCaptureRule(captureRule, line, parentCaptureStart, parentCaptureEnd, scopes, stack)
+      captureTokens = @getTokensForCaptureRule(captureRule, line, parentCaptureStart, parentCaptureEnd, scopes, stack)
       tokens.push(captureTokens...)
-      parentCaptureStart = matchEndPosition
-
-    previousChildCaptureEnd = parentCaptureStart
-    while captureIndices.length and captureIndices[1] < parentCaptureEnd
-      [childCaptureIndex, childCaptureStart, childCaptureEnd] = captureIndices
-
-      emptyCapture = childCaptureEnd - childCaptureStart == 0
-      captureHasNoScope = not @captures[childCaptureIndex]
-      if emptyCapture or captureHasNoScope
+      # Consume child captures
+      while captureIndices.length and captureIndices[1] < parentCaptureEnd
         shiftCapture(captureIndices)
-        continue
+    else
+      previousChildCaptureEnd = parentCaptureStart
+      while captureIndices.length and captureIndices[1] < parentCaptureEnd
+        [childCaptureIndex, childCaptureStart, childCaptureEnd] = captureIndices
 
-      if childCaptureStart > previousChildCaptureEnd
+        emptyCapture = childCaptureEnd - childCaptureStart == 0
+        captureHasNoScope = not @captures[childCaptureIndex]
+        if emptyCapture or captureHasNoScope
+          shiftCapture(captureIndices)
+          continue
+
+        if childCaptureStart > previousChildCaptureEnd
+          tokens.push(new Token(
+            value: line[previousChildCaptureEnd...childCaptureStart]
+            scopes: scopes
+          ))
+
+        captureTokens = @getTokensForCaptureIndices(line, captureIndices, scopes, stack)
+        tokens.push(captureTokens...)
+        previousChildCaptureEnd = childCaptureEnd
+
+      if parentCaptureEnd > previousChildCaptureEnd
         tokens.push(new Token(
-          value: line[previousChildCaptureEnd...childCaptureStart]
+          value: line[previousChildCaptureEnd...parentCaptureEnd]
           scopes: scopes
         ))
 
-      captureTokens = @getTokensForCaptureIndices(line, captureIndices, scopes, stack)
-      tokens.push(captureTokens...)
-      previousChildCaptureEnd = childCaptureEnd
-
-    if parentCaptureEnd > previousChildCaptureEnd
-      tokens.push(new Token(
-        value: line[previousChildCaptureEnd...parentCaptureEnd]
-        scopes: scopes
-      ))
-
     tokens
 
 ###