diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e39f544..14f510c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ followed by a caseful back reference, could lose the caselessness of the first
 repeated back reference (example: /(Z)(a)\2{1,2}?(?-i)\1X/i should match ZaAAZX 
 but didn't).
 
+35. If \Q was preceded by a quantified item, and the following \E was followed 
+by '?' or '+', and there was at least one literal character between them, an 
+internal error "unexpected repeat" occurred (example: /.+\QX\E+/).
+
 
 Version 10.22 29-July-2016
 --------------------------
diff --git a/src/pcre2_compile.c b/src/pcre2_compile.c
index 15d6dd9..3e1cddf 100644
--- a/src/pcre2_compile.c
+++ b/src/pcre2_compile.c
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ entry, ptr is pointing at the character after \. On exit, it points after the
 final code unit of the escape sequence.
 
 This function is also called from pcre2_substitute() to handle escape sequences
-in replacement strings. In this case, the cb argument is NULL, and in the case 
+in replacement strings. In this case, the cb argument is NULL, and in the case
 of escapes that have further processing, only sequences that define a data
 character are recognised. The isclass argument is not relevant; the options
 argument is the final value of the compiled pattern's options.
@@ -2327,6 +2327,7 @@ while (ptr < ptrend)
         parsed_pattern = manage_callouts(thisptr, &previous_callout, options,
           parsed_pattern, cb);
       PARSED_LITERAL(c, parsed_pattern);
+      meta_quantifier = 0; 
       }
     continue;  /* Next character */
     }
@@ -2362,7 +2363,7 @@ while (ptr < ptrend)
 
       case CHAR_RIGHT_PARENTHESIS:
       inverbname = FALSE;
-      okquantifier = FALSE;   /* Was probably set by literals */ 
+      okquantifier = FALSE;   /* Was probably set by literals */
       /* This is the length in characters */
       verbnamelength = (PCRE2_SIZE)(parsed_pattern - verblengthptr - 1);
       /* But the limit on the length is in code units */
@@ -2405,10 +2406,10 @@ while (ptr < ptrend)
     continue;   /* Next character in pattern */
     }
 
-  /* At the point we must process everything that must not change the
-  qualification state. This is mainly comments, but we handle \Q and \E here as
-  well, so that an item such as A\Q\E+ is treated as A+, as in Perl. An
-  isolated \E is ignored. */
+  /* Not a verb name character. At this point we must process everything that
+  must not change the quantification state. This is mainly comments, but we
+  handle \Q and \E here as well, so that an item such as A\Q\E+ is treated as
+  A+, as in Perl. An isolated \E is ignored. */
 
   if (c == CHAR_BACKSLASH && ptr < ptrend)
     {
diff --git a/testdata/testinput2 b/testdata/testinput2
index 998b2cf..aa1013c 100644
--- a/testdata/testinput2
+++ b/testdata/testinput2
@@ -4923,12 +4923,16 @@ a)"xI
 %(*:(:(svvvvvvvvvv:]*[   Z!*;[]*[^[]*!^[+.+{{2,7}'      _\\\\\\\\\\\\\)?.:..    *w////\\\Q\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\T\\\\\+/?/////'+\\\EEE?/////'+/*+/[^K]?]//(w)%never_backslash_c,alt_verbnames,auto_callout
 
 /./newline=crlf
-\=ph
+    \=ph
 
 /(\x0e00\000000\xc)/replace=\P,substitute_extended
-\x0e00\000000\xc
+    \x0e00\000000\xc
 
 //replace=0
-\=offset=7
+    \=offset=7
+
+".+\QX\E+"B,no_auto_possess
+
+".+\QX\E+"B,auto_callout,no_auto_possess
 
 # End of testinput2 
diff --git a/testdata/testoutput2 b/testdata/testoutput2
index 2c35960..7f177ce 100644
--- a/testdata/testoutput2
+++ b/testdata/testoutput2
@@ -15375,17 +15375,38 @@ Failed: error 109 at offset 6: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item
 %(*:(:(svvvvvvvvvv:]*[   Z!*;[]*[^[]*!^[+.+{{2,7}'      _\\\\\\\\\\\\\)?.:..    *w////\\\Q\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\T\\\\\+/?/////'+\\\EEE?/////'+/*+/[^K]?]//(w)%never_backslash_c,alt_verbnames,auto_callout
 
 /./newline=crlf
-\=ph
+    \=ph
 No match
 
 /(\x0e00\000000\xc)/replace=\P,substitute_extended
-\x0e00\000000\xc
+    \x0e00\000000\xc
 Failed: error -57 at offset 2 in replacement: bad escape sequence in replacement string
 
 //replace=0
-\=offset=7
+    \=offset=7
 Failed: error -33: bad offset value
 
+".+\QX\E+"B,no_auto_possess
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+        Bra
+        Any+
+        X+
+        Ket
+        End
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+".+\QX\E+"B,auto_callout,no_auto_possess
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+        Bra
+        Callout 255 0 4
+        Any+
+        Callout 255 4 4
+        X+
+        Callout 255 8 0
+        Ket
+        End
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 # End of testinput2 
 Error -63: PCRE2_ERROR_BADDATA (unknown error number)
 Error -62: bad serialized data