diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
index 0ea7f9ac5..aa0252266 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ endline = try $ do
   guardDisabled Ext_lists_without_preceding_blankline <|> notFollowedBy listStart
   guardEnabled Ext_blank_before_blockquote <|> notFollowedBy emailBlockQuoteStart
   guardEnabled Ext_blank_before_header <|> notFollowedBy (char '#') -- atx header
-  guardEnabled Ext_backtick_code_blocks >>
+  guardDisabled Ext_backtick_code_blocks <|>
      notFollowedBy (() <$ (lookAhead (char '`') >> codeBlockFenced))
   (guardEnabled Ext_hard_line_breaks >> return (return B.linebreak))
     <|> (guardEnabled Ext_ignore_line_breaks >> return mempty)