diff --git a/block.go b/block.go
index b237c7eb..0b5510d4 100644
--- a/block.go
+++ b/block.go
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ func isFenceLine(data []byte, syntax *string, oldmarker string, newlineOptional
 // If doRender is true, a final newline is mandatory to recognize the fenced code block.
 func (p *parser) fencedCodeBlock(out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 	var syntax string
-	beg, marker := isFenceLine(data, &syntax, "", true)
+	beg, marker := isFenceLine(data, &syntax, "", false)
 	if beg == 0 || beg >= len(data) {
 		return 0
 	}
diff --git a/block_test.go b/block_test.go
index 6170e56f..62d9a475 100644
--- a/block_test.go
+++ b/block_test.go
@@ -1661,6 +1661,12 @@ func TestIsFenceLine(t *testing.T) {
 			wantEnd:    4,
 			wantMarker: "```",
 		},
+		{
+			data:            []byte("```\nstuff here\n"),
+			syntaxRequested: true,
+			wantEnd:         4,
+			wantMarker:      "```",
+		},
 		{
 			data:    []byte("stuff here\n```\n"),
 			wantEnd: 0,