diff --git a/src/encoding/json/decode.go b/src/encoding/json/decode.go
index 613641afbb4..02deac4c9fe 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/decode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/decode.go
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ func (d *decodeState) literalStore(item []byte, v reflect.Value, fromQuoted bool
 			} else {
 				d.saveError(&UnmarshalTypeError{"string", v.Type(), int64(d.off)})
 			}
+			return
 		}
 		s, ok := unquoteBytes(item)
 		if !ok {
diff --git a/src/encoding/json/decode_test.go b/src/encoding/json/decode_test.go
index 4834c062ccc..41fc9ba6732 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/decode_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/decode_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
+	"net"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -1394,6 +1395,30 @@ func TestInvalidUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+var invalidUnmarshalTextTests = []struct {
+	v    interface{}
+	want string
+}{
+	{nil, "json: Unmarshal(nil)"},
+	{struct{}{}, "json: Unmarshal(non-pointer struct {})"},
+	{(*int)(nil), "json: Unmarshal(nil *int)"},
+	{new(net.IP), "json: cannot unmarshal string into Go value of type *net.IP"},
+}
+
+func TestInvalidUnmarshalText(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := []byte(`123`)
+	for _, tt := range invalidUnmarshalTextTests {
+		err := Unmarshal(buf, tt.v)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unmarshal expecting error, got nil")
+			continue
+		}
+		if got := err.Error(); got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("Unmarshal = %q; want %q", got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Test that string option is ignored for invalid types.
 // Issue 9812.
 func TestInvalidStringOption(t *testing.T) {