diff --git a/lib/redcloth3.rb b/lib/redcloth3.rb
index a5e63262..cbca2bfd 100644
--- a/lib/redcloth3.rb
+++ b/lib/redcloth3.rb
@@ -1045,17 +1045,17 @@ class RedCloth3 < String
                     codepre += 1
                     used_offtags[offtag] = true
                     if codepre - used_offtags.length > 0
-                        htmlesc( line, :NoQuotes ) unless used_offtags['notextile']
+                        htmlesc( line, :NoQuotes )
                         @pre_list.last << line
                         line = ""
                     else
-                        htmlesc( aftertag, :NoQuotes ) if aftertag and not used_offtags['notextile']
+                        htmlesc( aftertag, :NoQuotes ) if aftertag
                         line = "<redpre##{ @pre_list.length }>"
                         @pre_list << "#{ $3 }#{ aftertag }"
                     end
                 elsif $1 and codepre > 0
                     if codepre - used_offtags.length > 0
-                        htmlesc( line, :NoQuotes ) unless used_offtags['notextile']
+                        htmlesc( line, :NoQuotes )
                         @pre_list.last << line
                         line = ""
                     end
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
index 35e26ebd..14ca3cc6 100644
--- a/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class ApplicationHelperTest < HelperTestCase
     to_test = {
       "<pre>preformatted text</pre>" => "<pre>preformatted text</pre>",
       "<notextile>no *textile* formatting</notextile>" => "no *textile* formatting",
+      "<notextile>this is <tag>a tag</tag></notextile>" => "this is &lt;tag&gt;a tag&lt;/tag&gt;"
     }
     to_test.each { |text, result| assert_equal result, textilizable(text) }
   end