diff --git a/lib/saxes.js b/lib/saxes.js
index 1d937fb4..3c91835f 100644
--- a/lib/saxes.js
+++ b/lib/saxes.js
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
    * @returns this
    */
   fail(er) {
-    this.closeText();
     const message = (this.trackPosition) ?
           `${this.fileName}:${this.line}:${this.column}: ${er}` : er;
 
@@ -621,7 +620,7 @@ class SaxesParser {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Skip dwhitespace characters.
+   * Skip whitespace characters.
    *
    * @private
    *
@@ -696,20 +695,11 @@ class SaxesParser {
       cx => cx !== LESS && cx !== AMP,
       "textNode",
       (fragment) => {
-        // Text fragments is a buffer we use to check for the precence of a
+        // textFragments is a buffer we use to check for the precence of a
         // literal "]]>" in text nodes. We cannot do the check against textNode
-        // itself because textNode will contain resolve entities so "]]>"
+        // itself because textNode will contain resolved entities so "]]>"
         // would turn to "]]>" in textNode and raise a false error.
         this.textFragments += fragment;
-        // We also have to check the end of textFragments because some cases may
-        // slip through otherwise. For instance, if client code write
-        // char-by-char. Then fragment will never contain ]]> but instead we'll
-        // have 3 fragments one with "]", a second with "]" and a third with
-        // ">".
-        if (fragment.includes("]]>") || this.textFragments.endsWith("]]>")) {
-          this.fail("the string \"]]>\" is disallowed in char data.");
-        }
-
         if (!this.inRoot && /\S/.test(fragment)) {
           // We use the reportedTextBeforeRoot and reportedTextAfterRoot flags
           // to avoid reporting errors for every single character that is out of
@@ -726,6 +716,15 @@ class SaxesParser {
         }
       });
 
+    // We also have to check the end of textFragments because some cases may
+    // slip through otherwise. For instance, if client code writes
+    // char-by-char. Then fragment will never contain ]]> but instead we'll have
+    // 3 fragments one with "]", a second with "]" and a third with ">".
+    if (this.textFragments.includes("]]>")) {
+      this.textFragments = "";
+      this.fail("the string \"]]>\" is disallowed in char data.");
+    }
+
     switch (c) {
     case LESS:
       this.state = S_OPEN_WAKA;
diff --git a/test/issue-86.js b/test/issue-86.js
index 939d0a66..595b094e 100644
--- a/test/issue-86.js
+++ b/test/issue-86.js
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ require(".").test({
       "error",
       "undefined:1:19: text data outside of root node.",
     ],
-    [
-      "text",
-      "de",
-    ],
     [
       "error",
       "undefined:1:20: unexpected end.",
     ],
+    [
+      "text",
+      "de",
+    ],
   ],
   opt: {},
 });
diff --git a/test/wrong-cdata-closure.js b/test/wrong-cdata-closure.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37d74889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/wrong-cdata-closure.js
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const { test } = require(".");
+
+const xml = "<span>somethingx]]>moo</span>";
+
+describe("wrong cdata closure", () => {
+  test({
+    name: "one shot",
+    xml,
+    expect: [
+      ["opentagstart", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+      }],
+      ["opentag", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+        isSelfClosing: false,
+      }],
+      ["error",
+       "undefined:1:23: the string \"]]>\" is disallowed in char data."],
+      ["text", "somethingx]]>moo"],
+      ["closetag", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+        isSelfClosing: false,
+      }],
+      ["end", undefined],
+      ["ready", undefined],
+    ],
+    opt: {},
+  });
+
+  test({
+    name: "one-by-one",
+    fn(parser) {
+      for (const x of xml) {
+        parser.write(x);
+      }
+      parser.close();
+    },
+    expect: [
+      ["opentagstart", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+      }],
+      ["opentag", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+        isSelfClosing: false,
+      }],
+      ["error",
+       "undefined:1:19: the string \"]]>\" is disallowed in char data."],
+      ["text", "somethingx]]>moo"],
+      ["closetag", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+        isSelfClosing: false,
+      }],
+      ["end", undefined],
+      ["ready", undefined],
+    ],
+    opt: {},
+  });
+
+  test({
+    name: "two-by-two",
+    fn(parser) {
+      for (let ix = 0; ix < xml.length; ix += 2) {
+        parser.write(xml.slice(ix, ix + 2));
+      }
+      parser.close();
+    },
+    expect: [
+      ["opentagstart", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+      }],
+      ["opentag", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+        isSelfClosing: false,
+      }],
+      ["error",
+       "undefined:1:20: the string \"]]>\" is disallowed in char data."],
+      ["text", "somethingx]]>moo"],
+      ["closetag", {
+        name: "span",
+        attributes: {},
+        isSelfClosing: false,
+      }],
+      ["end", undefined],
+      ["ready", undefined],
+    ],
+    opt: {},
+  });
+});