diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index a6c5d0456c..192bd644f0 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ InlineLexer.prototype.output = function(src) {
     if (cap = this.rules.link.exec(src)) {
       var lastParenIndex = findClosingBracket(cap[2], '()');
       if (lastParenIndex > -1) {
-        var linkLen = cap[0].length - (cap[2].length - lastParenIndex) - (cap[3] || '').length;
+        var linkLen = 4 + cap[1].length + lastParenIndex;
         cap[2] = cap[2].substring(0, lastParenIndex);
         cap[0] = cap[0].substring(0, linkLen).trim();
         cap[3] = '';
diff --git a/test/specs/new/links_paren.html b/test/specs/new/links_paren.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..375c0f0cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/new/links_paren.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<p>(<a href="http://example.com/1">one</a>) (<a href="http://example.com/2">two</a>)</p>
+
+<p>(<a href="http://example.com/1">one</a>) (<a href="http://example.com/2">two</a>)</p>
+
+<p>(<a href="http://example.com/1" title="a">one</a>) (<a href="http://example.com/2" title="b">two</a>)</p>
diff --git a/test/specs/new/links_paren.md b/test/specs/new/links_paren.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96f106ce03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/new/links_paren.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+([one](http://example.com/1)) ([two](http://example.com/2))
+
+([one](http://example.com/1))  ([two](http://example.com/2))
+
+([one](http://example.com/1 "a")) ([two](http://example.com/2 "b"))