diff --git a/org/inline.go b/org/inline.go
index 02d5a15..09c58f1 100644
--- a/org/inline.go
+++ b/org/inline.go
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ func (d *Document) parseExplicitLineBreakOrLatexFragment(input string, start int
 	switch {
 	case start+2 >= len(input):
 	case input[start+1] == '\\' && start != 0 && input[start-1] != '\n':
-		for i := start + 2; unicode.IsSpace(rune(input[i])); i++ {
-			if i >= len(input) || input[i] == '\n' {
+		for i := start + 2; i <= len(input)-1 && unicode.IsSpace(rune(input[i])); i++ {
+			if input[i] == '\n' {
 				return i + 1 - start, ExplicitLineBreak{}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/org/testdata/misc.html b/org/testdata/misc.html
index f8b2397..c209ccd 100644
--- a/org/testdata/misc.html
+++ b/org/testdata/misc.html
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@
 </li>
 </ul>
 </li>
+<li><a href="#headline-30">index out of range in explicit line break parsing</a>
+</li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#headline-30">Footnotes</a>
+<li><a href="#headline-31">Footnotes</a>
 </li>
 </ul>
 </nav>
@@ -499,7 +501,13 @@ index out of range in headline priority parsing
 <h4 id="headline-29">
 [#B
 </h4>
-<h1 id="headline-30">
+<h3 id="headline-30">
+index out of range in explicit line break parsing
+</h3>
+<p>
+0\\ 
+</p>
+<h1 id="headline-31">
 Footnotes
 </h1>
 <div class="footnotes">
diff --git a/org/testdata/misc.org b/org/testdata/misc.org
index e8813a7..78d5dbc 100644
--- a/org/testdata/misc.org
+++ b/org/testdata/misc.org
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ When inserting an image link like [[/home/amos/Pictures/Screenshots/img-2017-09-
 ** misc fuzz / regression / edge case
 *** index out of range in headline priority parsing
 **** [#B
+*** index out of range in explicit line break parsing
+0\\ 
+
 * Footnotes
 
 [fn:1] a footnote /with/ *markup*
diff --git a/org/testdata/misc.pretty_org b/org/testdata/misc.pretty_org
index cc128a3..ff61450 100644
--- a/org/testdata/misc.pretty_org
+++ b/org/testdata/misc.pretty_org
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ When inserting an image link like [[/home/amos/Pictures/Screenshots/img-2017-09-
 ** misc fuzz / regression / edge case
 *** index out of range in headline priority parsing
 **** [#B
+*** index out of range in explicit line break parsing
+0\\ 
+
 * Footnotes
 
 [fn:1] a footnote /with/ *markup*