diff --git a/encoding/prototext/decode.go b/encoding/prototext/decode.go
index 8fb1d9e..179d6e8 100644
--- a/encoding/prototext/decode.go
+++ b/encoding/prototext/decode.go
@@ -744,9 +744,6 @@
 				// Skip items. This will not validate whether skipped values are
 				// of the same type or not, same behavior as C++
 				// TextFormat::Parser::AllowUnknownField(true) version 3.8.0.
-				if err := d.skipValue(); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/encoding/prototext/decode_test.go b/encoding/prototext/decode_test.go
index 441dcb2..2e92dd2 100644
--- a/encoding/prototext/decode_test.go
+++ b/encoding/prototext/decode_test.go
@@ -226,6 +226,17 @@
 		inputText:    `13:"hello"`,
 		wantErr:      "cannot specify field by number",
 	}, {
+		desc:         "unknown list field",
+		umo:          prototext.UnmarshalOptions{DiscardUnknown: true},
+		inputMessage: &pb2.Scalars{},
+		inputText:    `unknown_field: { strings: [ "" ] }`,
+	}, {
+		desc:         "unknown list of list field",
+		umo:          prototext.UnmarshalOptions{DiscardUnknown: true},
+		inputMessage: &pb2.Scalars{},
+		inputText:    `unknown_field: { strings: [ [ ] ] }`,
+		wantErr:      `(line 1:29): invalid scalar value: [`,
+	}, {
 		desc:         "proto3 message cannot parse field number",
 		umo:          prototext.UnmarshalOptions{DiscardUnknown: true},
 		inputMessage: &pb3.Scalars{},