diff --git a/src/go/parser/parser.go b/src/go/parser/parser.go
index 17808b366f092d..f268dea1a6f9cd 100644
--- a/src/go/parser/parser.go
+++ b/src/go/parser/parser.go
@@ -1676,6 +1676,8 @@ func (p *parser) parseElementList() (list []ast.Expr) {
 }
 
 func (p *parser) parseLiteralValue(typ ast.Expr) ast.Expr {
+	defer decNestLev(incNestLev(p))
+
 	if p.trace {
 		defer un(trace(p, "LiteralValue"))
 	}
diff --git a/src/go/parser/parser_test.go b/src/go/parser/parser_test.go
index 43b3416b27d7f6..c6dca66760cca8 100644
--- a/src/go/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/src/go/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -598,10 +598,11 @@ var parseDepthTests = []struct {
 	{name: "chan2", format: "package main; var x «<-chan »int"},
 	{name: "interface", format: "package main; var x «interface { M() «int» }»", scope: true, scopeMultiplier: 2}, // Scopes: InterfaceType, FuncType
 	{name: "map", format: "package main; var x «map[int]»int"},
-	{name: "slicelit", format: "package main; var x = «[]any{«»}»", parseMultiplier: 2},             // Parser nodes: UnaryExpr, CompositeLit
-	{name: "arraylit", format: "package main; var x = «[1]any{«nil»}»", parseMultiplier: 2},         // Parser nodes: UnaryExpr, CompositeLit
-	{name: "structlit", format: "package main; var x = «struct{x any}{«nil»}»", parseMultiplier: 2}, // Parser nodes: UnaryExpr, CompositeLit
-	{name: "maplit", format: "package main; var x = «map[int]any{1:«nil»}»", parseMultiplier: 2},    // Parser nodes: CompositeLit, KeyValueExpr
+	{name: "slicelit", format: "package main; var x = []any{«[]any{«»}»}", parseMultiplier: 3},      // Parser nodes: UnaryExpr, CompositeLit
+	{name: "arraylit", format: "package main; var x = «[1]any{«nil»}»", parseMultiplier: 3},         // Parser nodes: UnaryExpr, CompositeLit
+	{name: "structlit", format: "package main; var x = «struct{x any}{«nil»}»", parseMultiplier: 3}, // Parser nodes: UnaryExpr, CompositeLit
+	{name: "maplit", format: "package main; var x = «map[int]any{1:«nil»}»", parseMultiplier: 3},    // Parser nodes: CompositeLit, KeyValueExpr
+	{name: "element", format: "package main; var x = struct{x any}{x: «{«»}»}"},
 	{name: "dot", format: "package main; var x = «x.»x"},
 	{name: "index", format: "package main; var x = x«[1]»"},
 	{name: "slice", format: "package main; var x = x«[1:2]»"},