diff --git a/lib/rb/ext/compact_protocol.c b/lib/rb/ext/compact_protocol.c
index 33a1f9f..768b2e5 100644
--- a/lib/rb/ext/compact_protocol.c
+++ b/lib/rb/ext/compact_protocol.c
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@
     
     if (modifier == 0) {
       // not a delta. look ahead for the zigzag varint field id.
+      LAST_ID(self);
       field_id = read_i16(self);
     } else {
       // has a delta. add the delta to the last read field id.
diff --git a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/protocol/compact_protocol.rb b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/protocol/compact_protocol.rb
index c8f4365..3be2a90 100644
--- a/lib/rb/lib/thrift/protocol/compact_protocol.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/lib/thrift/protocol/compact_protocol.rb
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
         modifier = (type & 0xf0) >> 4
         if modifier == 0
           # not a delta. look ahead for the zigzag varint field id.
+          @last_field.pop
           field_id = read_i16()
         else
           # has a delta. add the delta to the last read field id.
diff --git a/lib/rb/spec/compact_protocol_spec.rb b/lib/rb/spec/compact_protocol_spec.rb
index b9a7981..1fa2182 100644
--- a/lib/rb/spec/compact_protocol_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/rb/spec/compact_protocol_spec.rb
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@
   it "should make method calls correctly" do
     client_out_trans = Thrift::MemoryBufferTransport.new
     client_out_proto = Thrift::CompactProtocol.new(client_out_trans)
-    
+
     client_in_trans = Thrift::MemoryBufferTransport.new
     client_in_proto = Thrift::CompactProtocol.new(client_in_trans)
-    
+
     processor = Srv::Processor.new(JankyHandler.new)
-    
+
     client = Srv::Client.new(client_in_proto, client_out_proto)
     client.send_Janky(1)
     # puts client_out_trans.inspect_buffer
@@ -99,6 +99,22 @@
     client.recv_Janky.should == 2
   end
   
+  it "should deal with fields following fields that have non-delta ids" do
+    brcp = BreaksRubyCompactProtocol.new(
+      :field1 => "blah", 
+      :field2 => BigFieldIdStruct.new(
+        :field1 => "string1", 
+        :field2 => "string2"), 
+      :field3 => 3)
+    ser = Thrift::Serializer.new(Thrift::CompactProtocolFactory.new)
+    bytes = ser.serialize(brcp)
+
+    deser = Thrift::Deserializer.new(Thrift::CompactProtocolFactory.new)
+    brcp2 = BreaksRubyCompactProtocol.new
+    deser.deserialize(brcp2, bytes)
+    brcp2.should == brcp
+  end
+  
   class JankyHandler
     def Janky(i32arg)
       i32arg * 2
diff --git a/test/DebugProtoTest.thrift b/test/DebugProtoTest.thrift
index 9cdb16d..dbce93e 100644
--- a/test/DebugProtoTest.thrift
+++ b/test/DebugProtoTest.thrift
@@ -327,3 +327,14 @@
 struct StructWithASomemap {
   1: required SomeMap somemap_field;
 }
+
+struct BigFieldIdStruct {
+  1: string field1;
+  45: string field2;
+}
+
+struct BreaksRubyCompactProtocol {
+  1: string field1;
+  2: BigFieldIdStruct field2;
+  3: i32 field3;
+}
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