diff --git a/src/arm64/dom_parser_implementation.cpp b/src/arm64/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
index e676bcbb..2e95cd68 100644
--- a/src/arm64/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
+++ b/src/arm64/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ namespace arm64 {
 WARN_UNUSED error_code dom_parser_implementation::parse(const uint8_t *_buf, size_t _len, dom::document &_doc) noexcept {
   error_code err = stage1(_buf, _len, false);
   if (err) { return err; }
-  err = check_for_unclosed_array();
-  if (err) { return err; }
   return stage2(_doc);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fallback/dom_parser_implementation.cpp b/src/fallback/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
index b472ec65..e77e5e97 100644
--- a/src/fallback/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
+++ b/src/fallback/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ namespace fallback {
 WARN_UNUSED error_code dom_parser_implementation::parse(const uint8_t *_buf, size_t _len, dom::document &_doc) noexcept {
   error_code err = stage1(_buf, _len, false);
   if (err) { return err; }
-  err = check_for_unclosed_array();
-  if (err) { return err; }
   return stage2(_doc);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/generic/dom_parser_implementation.h b/src/generic/dom_parser_implementation.h
index 9c63405b..4c8ec598 100644
--- a/src/generic/dom_parser_implementation.h
+++ b/src/generic/dom_parser_implementation.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public:
     
   WARN_UNUSED error_code parse(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len, dom::document &doc) noexcept final;
   WARN_UNUSED error_code stage1(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len, bool streaming) noexcept final;
-  WARN_UNUSED error_code check_for_unclosed_array() noexcept;
   WARN_UNUSED error_code stage2(dom::document &doc) noexcept final;
   WARN_UNUSED error_code stage2(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len, dom::document &doc, size_t &next_json) noexcept final;
   WARN_UNUSED error_code set_capacity(size_t capacity) noexcept final;
@@ -57,22 +56,3 @@ WARN_UNUSED error_code dom_parser_implementation::set_max_depth(size_t max_depth
   _max_depth = max_depth;
   return SUCCESS;
 }
-
-
-WARN_UNUSED error_code dom_parser_implementation::check_for_unclosed_array() noexcept {
-  // Before we engage stage 2, we want to make sure there is no risk that we could end with [ and
-  // loop back at the start with [. That is, we want to make sure that if the first character is [, then
-  // the last one is ].
-  // See https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson/issues/906 for details.
-  if(n_structural_indexes < 2) {
-    return UNEXPECTED_ERROR;
-  }
-  const size_t first_index = structural_indexes[0];
-  const size_t last_index = structural_indexes[n_structural_indexes - 2];
-  const char first_character = char(buf[first_index]);
-  const char last_character = char(buf[last_index]);
-  if((first_character == '[') and (last_character != ']')) {
-    return TAPE_ERROR;
-  }
-  return SUCCESS;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/generic/stage2/structural_parser.h b/src/generic/stage2/structural_parser.h
index 85ba0836..80abcc46 100644
--- a/src/generic/stage2/structural_parser.h
+++ b/src/generic/stage2/structural_parser.h
@@ -399,6 +399,11 @@ WARN_UNUSED error_code dom_parser_implementation::stage2(dom::document &_doc) no
     goto object_begin;
   case '[':
     FAIL_IF( parser.start_array(addresses.finish) );
+    // Make sure the outer array is closed before continuing; otherwise, there are ways we could get
+    // into memory corruption. See https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson/issues/906
+    if (buf[structural_indexes[n_structural_indexes - 2]] != ']') {
+      goto error;
+    }
     goto array_begin;
   case '"':
     FAIL_IF( parser.parse_string() );
diff --git a/src/haswell/dom_parser_implementation.cpp b/src/haswell/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
index 44638df5..5377f7eb 100644
--- a/src/haswell/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
+++ b/src/haswell/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ namespace haswell {
 WARN_UNUSED error_code dom_parser_implementation::parse(const uint8_t *_buf, size_t _len, dom::document &_doc) noexcept {
   error_code err = stage1(_buf, _len, false);
   if (err) { return err; }
-  err = check_for_unclosed_array();
-  if (err) { return err; }
   return stage2(_doc);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/westmere/dom_parser_implementation.cpp b/src/westmere/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
index 56ac3888..7c5a5c85 100644
--- a/src/westmere/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
+++ b/src/westmere/dom_parser_implementation.cpp
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ namespace westmere {
 WARN_UNUSED error_code dom_parser_implementation::parse(const uint8_t *_buf, size_t _len, dom::document &_doc) noexcept {
   error_code err = stage1(_buf, _len, false);
   if (err) { return err; }
-  err = check_for_unclosed_array();
-  if (err) { return err; }
   return stage2(_doc);
 }