diff --git a/src/html/tokenizer.ts b/src/html/tokenizer.ts
index 6285cdf..da07171 100644
--- a/src/html/tokenizer.ts
+++ b/src/html/tokenizer.ts
@@ -1942,9 +1942,12 @@ export class Tokenizer {
             this.startToken("VExpressionEnd")
             this.appendTokenValue(RIGHT_CURLY_BRACKET, null)
             this.appendTokenValue(RIGHT_CURLY_BRACKET, null)
-            return this.vExpressionScriptState
-                ? this.vExpressionScriptState.state
-                : this.returnState
+            if (this.vExpressionScriptState) {
+                const state = this.vExpressionScriptState.state
+                this.vExpressionScriptState = null
+                return state
+            }
+            return this.returnState
         }
 
         this.appendTokenValue(RIGHT_CURLY_BRACKET, null)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/ast.json b/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/ast.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc24dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/ast.json
@@ -0,0 +1,618 @@
+{
+    "type": "Program",
+    "start": 0,
+    "end": 0,
+    "loc": {
+        "start": {
+            "line": 1,
+            "column": 0
+        },
+        "end": {
+            "line": 1,
+            "column": 0
+        }
+    },
+    "range": [
+        0,
+        0
+    ],
+    "body": [],
+    "sourceType": "module",
+    "comments": [],
+    "tokens": [],
+    "templateBody": {
+        "type": "VElement",
+        "range": [
+            0,
+            67
+        ],
+        "loc": {
+            "start": {
+                "line": 1,
+                "column": 0
+            },
+            "end": {
+                "line": 4,
+                "column": 11
+            }
+        },
+        "name": "template",
+        "rawName": "template",
+        "namespace": "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
+        "startTag": {
+            "type": "VStartTag",
+            "range": [
+                0,
+                10
+            ],
+            "loc": {
+                "start": {
+                    "line": 1,
+                    "column": 0
+                },
+                "end": {
+                    "line": 1,
+                    "column": 10
+                }
+            },
+            "selfClosing": false,
+            "attributes": []
+        },
+        "children": [
+            {
+                "type": "VText",
+                "range": [
+                    10,
+                    13
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 1,
+                        "column": 10
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 2
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "\n  "
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VExpressionContainer",
+                "range": [
+                    13,
+                    22
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 2
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 11
+                    }
+                },
+                "expression": {
+                    "type": "Literal",
+                    "start": 16,
+                    "end": 19,
+                    "loc": {
+                        "start": {
+                            "line": 2,
+                            "column": 5
+                        },
+                        "end": {
+                            "line": 2,
+                            "column": 8
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "range": [
+                        16,
+                        19
+                    ],
+                    "value": 123,
+                    "raw": "123"
+                },
+                "references": []
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VText",
+                "range": [
+                    22,
+                    25
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 11
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 2
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "\n  "
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VElement",
+                "range": [
+                    25,
+                    55
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 2
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 32
+                    }
+                },
+                "name": "textarea",
+                "rawName": "textarea",
+                "namespace": "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
+                "startTag": {
+                    "type": "VStartTag",
+                    "range": [
+                        25,
+                        35
+                    ],
+                    "loc": {
+                        "start": {
+                            "line": 3,
+                            "column": 2
+                        },
+                        "end": {
+                            "line": 3,
+                            "column": 12
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "selfClosing": false,
+                    "attributes": []
+                },
+                "children": [
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+                        "type": "VText",
+                        "range": [
+                            35,
+                            44
+                        ],
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+                                "line": 3,
+                                "column": 12
+                            },
+                            "end": {
+                                "line": 3,
+                                "column": 21
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "value": " }} <div "
+                    }
+                ],
+                "endTag": {
+                    "type": "VEndTag",
+                    "range": [
+                        44,
+                        55
+                    ],
+                    "loc": {
+                        "start": {
+                            "line": 3,
+                            "column": 21
+                        },
+                        "end": {
+                            "line": 3,
+                            "column": 32
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                "variables": []
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VText",
+                "range": [
+                    55,
+                    56
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+                "loc": {
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+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 32
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+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 4,
+                        "column": 0
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "\n"
+            }
+        ],
+        "endTag": {
+            "type": "VEndTag",
+            "range": [
+                56,
+                67
+            ],
+            "loc": {
+                "start": {
+                    "line": 4,
+                    "column": 0
+                },
+                "end": {
+                    "line": 4,
+                    "column": 11
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "variables": [],
+        "tokens": [
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLTagOpen",
+                "range": [
+                    0,
+                    9
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 1,
+                        "column": 0
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 1,
+                        "column": 9
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "template"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLTagClose",
+                "range": [
+                    9,
+                    10
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 1,
+                        "column": 9
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 1,
+                        "column": 10
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": ""
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLWhitespace",
+                "range": [
+                    10,
+                    13
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 1,
+                        "column": 10
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 2
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "\n  "
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VExpressionStart",
+                "range": [
+                    13,
+                    15
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 2
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 4
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "{{"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "Numeric",
+                "value": "123",
+                "start": 16,
+                "end": 19,
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 5
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 8
+                    }
+                },
+                "range": [
+                    16,
+                    19
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VExpressionEnd",
+                "range": [
+                    20,
+                    22
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 9
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 11
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "}}"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLWhitespace",
+                "range": [
+                    22,
+                    25
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 2,
+                        "column": 11
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 2
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "\n  "
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLTagOpen",
+                "range": [
+                    25,
+                    34
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 2
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 11
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "textarea"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLTagClose",
+                "range": [
+                    34,
+                    35
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+                "loc": {
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+                        "column": 11
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+                        "column": 12
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+                "type": "HTMLWhitespace",
+                "range": [
+                    35,
+                    36
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+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 3,
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+                    "end": {
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+                        "column": 13
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+                    38
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+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 15
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "}}"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLWhitespace",
+                "range": [
+                    38,
+                    39
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 15
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 16
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": " "
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLRCDataText",
+                "range": [
+                    39,
+                    43
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 16
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 20
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "<div"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLWhitespace",
+                "range": [
+                    43,
+                    44
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 20
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 21
+                    }
+                },
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+            },
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+                "range": [
+                    44,
+                    54
+                ],
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+                        "column": 21
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+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 31
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "textarea"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLTagClose",
+                "range": [
+                    54,
+                    55
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 31
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 32
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": ""
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLWhitespace",
+                "range": [
+                    55,
+                    56
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 3,
+                        "column": 32
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 4,
+                        "column": 0
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "\n"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLEndTagOpen",
+                "range": [
+                    56,
+                    66
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 4,
+                        "column": 0
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 4,
+                        "column": 10
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "template"
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLTagClose",
+                "range": [
+                    66,
+                    67
+                ],
+                "loc": {
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+                        "line": 4,
+                        "column": 10
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 4,
+                        "column": 11
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": ""
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "HTMLWhitespace",
+                "range": [
+                    67,
+                    68
+                ],
+                "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                        "line": 4,
+                        "column": 11
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                        "line": 5,
+                        "column": 0
+                    }
+                },
+                "value": "\n"
+            }
+        ],
+        "comments": [],
+        "errors": []
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/source.vue b/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/source.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f979d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/source.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<template>
+  {{ 123 }}
+  <textarea> }} <div </textarea>
+</template>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/token-ranges.json b/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/token-ranges.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d08b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/token-ranges.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+    "<template",
+    ">",
+    "\n  ",
+    "{{",
+    "123",
+    "}}",
+    "\n  ",
+    "<textarea",
+    ">",
+    " ",
+    "}}",
+    " ",
+    "<div",
+    " ",
+    "</textarea",
+    ">",
+    "\n",
+    "</template",
+    ">",
+    "\n"
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/tree.json b/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/tree.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7312fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/ast/mustache-without-open-in-textarea/tree.json
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+[
+    {
+        "type": "VElement",
+        "text": "<template>\n  {{ 123 }}\n  <textarea> }} <div </textarea>\n</template>",
+        "children": [
+            {
+                "type": "VStartTag",
+                "text": "<template>",
+                "children": []
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VText",
+                "text": "\n  ",
+                "children": []
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VExpressionContainer",
+                "text": "{{ 123 }}",
+                "children": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "Literal",
+                        "text": "123",
+                        "children": []
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VText",
+                "text": "\n  ",
+                "children": []
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VElement",
+                "text": "<textarea> }} <div </textarea>",
+                "children": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "VStartTag",
+                        "text": "<textarea>",
+                        "children": []
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "type": "VText",
+                        "text": " }} <div ",
+                        "children": []
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "type": "VEndTag",
+                        "text": "</textarea>",
+                        "children": []
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VText",
+                "text": "\n",
+                "children": []
+            },
+            {
+                "type": "VEndTag",
+                "text": "</template>",
+                "children": []
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+]
\ No newline at end of file

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