diff --git a/src/rules.js b/src/rules.js
index 2951ed58fb..47775916ce 100644
--- a/src/rules.js
+++ b/src/rules.js
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ inline.tag = edit(inline.tag)
   .replace('attribute', inline._attribute)
   .getRegex();
 
-inline._label = /(?:\[(?:\\.|[^\[\]\\])*\]|\\.|`[^`]*`|[^\[\]\\`])*?/;
+inline._label = /(?:\[(?:\\.|[^\[\]\\])*\]|\\.|`.*`|[^\[\]\\`])*?/;
 inline._href = /<(?:\\[<>]?|[^\s<>\\])*>|[^\s\x00-\x1f]*/;
 inline._title = /"(?:\\"?|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\'?|[^'\\])*'|\((?:\\\)?|[^)\\])*\)/;