diff --git a/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c b/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
index 350b7c35657a1..93f78909fb971 100644
--- a/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
+++ b/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
@@ -2495,10 +2495,6 @@ PHPAPI void php_pcre_split_impl(pcre_cache_entry *pce, zend_string *subject_str,
 					ZVAL_STRINGL(&tmp, last_match, &ZSTR_VAL(subject_str)[offsets[0]]-last_match);
 					zend_hash_next_index_insert_new(Z_ARRVAL_P(return_value), &tmp);
 				}
-
-				/* One less left to do */
-				if (limit_val != -1)
-					limit_val--;
 			}
 
 			last_match = &ZSTR_VAL(subject_str)[offsets[1]];
@@ -2520,6 +2516,10 @@ PHPAPI void php_pcre_split_impl(pcre_cache_entry *pce, zend_string *subject_str,
 				}
 			}
 
+			/* One less left to do */
+			if (limit_val != -1)
+				limit_val--;
+
 			/* Advance to the position right after the last full match */
 			start_offset = offsets[1];
 
diff --git a/ext/pcre/tests/split3.phpt b/ext/pcre/tests/split3.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4a705fcb470f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pcre/tests/split3.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+--TEST--
+preg_split() - parenthesized expressions advance the limit count 
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+var_dump(
+	preg_split("/(.)/", "HAHAHA, VERY FUNNY", 2, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE),
+	preg_split("/(.)/", "HAHAHA, VERY FUNNY", 3, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE),
+	preg_split("/(.)/", "HAHAHA, VERY FUNNY", null, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE)
+);
+
+--EXPECT---
+array(2) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "H"
+  [1]=>
+  string(17) "AHAHA, VERY FUNNY"
+}
+array(3) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "H"
+  [1]=>
+  string(1) "A"
+  [2]=>
+  string(16) "HAHA, VERY FUNNY"
+}
+array(18) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "H"
+  [1]=>
+  string(1) "A"
+  [2]=>
+  string(1) "H"
+  [3]=>
+  string(1) "A"
+  [4]=>
+  string(1) "H"
+  [5]=>
+  string(1) "A"
+  [6]=>
+  string(1) ","
+  [7]=>
+  string(1) " "
+  [8]=>
+  string(1) "V"
+  [9]=>
+  string(1) "E"
+  [10]=>
+  string(1) "R"
+  [11]=>
+  string(1) "Y"
+  [12]=>
+  string(1) " "
+  [13]=>
+  string(1) "F"
+  [14]=>
+  string(1) "U"
+  [15]=>
+  string(1) "N"
+  [16]=>
+  string(1) "N"
+  [17]=>
+  string(1) "Y"
+}