diff --git a/expat/lib/xmlparse.c b/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
index 0a870376..38441248 100644
--- a/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
+++ b/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
@@ -5826,7 +5826,7 @@ processInternalEntity(XML_Parser parser, ENTITY *entity, XML_Bool betweenDecl) {
     if (textEnd != next && parser->m_parsingStatus.parsing == XML_SUSPENDED) {
       entity->processed = (int)(next - textStart);
       parser->m_processor = internalEntityProcessor;
-    } else {
+    } else if (parser->m_openInternalEntities->entity == entity) {
 #if XML_GE == 1
       entityTrackingOnClose(parser, entity, __LINE__);
 #endif /* XML_GE == 1 */