diff --git a/lib/haml/parser.rb b/lib/haml/parser.rb
index c5b339ba75..d0b23cf19d 100644
--- a/lib/haml/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/haml/parser.rb
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def initialize(*args)
       end
 
       def inspect
-        %Q[(#{type} #{value.inspect}#{children.each_with_object('') {|c, s| s << "\n#{c.inspect.gsub!(/^/, '  ')}"}})]
+        %Q[(#{type} #{value.inspect}#{children.each_with_object(''.dup) {|c, s| s << "\n#{c.inspect.gsub!(/^/, '  ')}"}})].dup
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/parser_test.rb b/test/parser_test.rb
index 1a62490d10..972aa1f2b4 100644
--- a/test/parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/parser_test.rb
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ class ParserTest < Haml::TestCase
       end
     end
 
+    test "inspect for node with children returns text" do
+      text = "some revealed text"
+      cond = "[cond]"
+
+      node = parse("/!#{cond} #{text}")
+
+      assert_equal "(root nil\n  (comment {:conditional=>\"[cond]\", :text=>\"some revealed text\", :revealed=>true, :parse=>false}))", node.inspect
+    end
+
     test "revealed conditional comments are detected" do
       text = "some revealed text"
       cond = "[cond]"