2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/internal/docx/StatefulBodyXmlReader.java b/src/main/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/internal/docx/StatefulBodyXmlReader.java
index 2e0bdc6..2097822 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/internal/docx/StatefulBodyXmlReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/internal/docx/StatefulBodyXmlReader.java
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ class StatefulBodyXmlReader {
     private ReadResult readFieldChar(XmlElement element) {
         String type = element.getAttributeOrNone("w:fldCharType").orElse("");
         if (type.equals("begin")) {
+            complexFieldStack.add(ComplexField.UNKNOWN);
             currentInstrText.setLength(0);
         } else if (type.equals("end")) {
             complexFieldStack.remove();
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ class StatefulBodyXmlReader {
             ComplexField complexField = parseHyperlinkFieldCode(instrText)
                 .map(href -> ComplexField.hyperlink(href))
                 .orElse(ComplexField.UNKNOWN);
+            complexFieldStack.remove();
             complexFieldStack.add(complexField);
         }
         return ReadResult.EMPTY_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/tests/docx/BodyXmlTests.java b/src/test/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/tests/docx/BodyXmlTests.java
index a28086d..4a750a5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/tests/docx/BodyXmlTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/zwobble/mammoth/tests/docx/BodyXmlTests.java
@@ -307,6 +307,32 @@ public class BodyXmlTests {
                 isEmptyRun()
             )));
         }
+
+        @Test
+        public void fieldWithoutSeparateFldCharIsIgnored() {
+            XmlElement hyperlinkRunXml = runXml("this is a hyperlink");
+            XmlElement element = paragraphXml(list(
+                BEGIN_COMPLEX_FIELD,
+                HYPERLINK_INSTRTEXT,
+                SEPARATE_COMPLEX_FIELD,
+                BEGIN_COMPLEX_FIELD,
+                END_COMPLEX_FIELD,
+                hyperlinkRunXml,
+                END_COMPLEX_FIELD
+            ));
+            DocumentElement paragraph = readSuccess(bodyReader(), element);
+
+            assertThat(paragraph, isParagraph(hasChildren(
+                isEmptyRun(),
+                isEmptyHyperlinkedRun(),
+                isEmptyHyperlinkedRun(),
+                isEmptyHyperlinkedRun(),
+                isHyperlinkedRun(hasChildren(
+                    isTextElement("this is a hyperlink")
+                )),
+                isEmptyRun()
+            )));
+        }
     }
 
     @Test