diff --git a/src/js/parsers/section.js b/src/js/parsers/section.js
index c8c01a824..8d3a40563 100644
--- a/src/js/parsers/section.js
+++ b/src/js/parsers/section.js
@@ -191,7 +191,12 @@ class SectionParser {
       ) {
         // don't break out of the list for list items that contain a single <p>.
         // deals with typical case of <li><p>Text</p></li><li><p>Text</p></li>
-        if (this.state.section.isListItem && tagName === 'p' && !node.nextSibling) {
+        if (
+          this.state.section.isListItem &&
+          tagName === 'p' &&
+          !node.nextSibling &&
+          contains(VALID_LIST_ITEM_TAGNAMES, normalizeTagName(node.parentElement.tagName))
+         ) {
           this.parseElementNode(node);
           return;
         }
diff --git a/tests/unit/parsers/section-test.js b/tests/unit/parsers/section-test.js
index 497e1b368..67a58f456 100644
--- a/tests/unit/parsers/section-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/parsers/section-test.js
@@ -396,6 +396,24 @@ test('#parse doesn\'t group consecutive lists of different types', (assert) => {
   assert.equal(ol.items.objectAt(0).text, 'Two');
 });
 
+test('#parse handles p following list', (assert) => {
+  let container = buildDOM(`
+    <div><ol><li>li1</li><li>li2</li><p>para</p></div>
+  `);
+
+  let element = container.firstChild;
+  parser = new SectionParser(builder);
+  let sections = parser.parse(element);
+
+  assert.equal(sections.length, 2, 'two sections');
+
+  let ol = sections[0];
+  assert.equal(ol.items.length, 2, 'two list items');
+
+  let p = sections[1];
+  assert.equal(p.text, 'para');
+});
+
 test('#parse skips STYLE nodes', (assert) => {
   let element = buildDOM(`
     <style>.rule { font-color: red; }</style>