diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh
index 46f5531..191d3be 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@
       return;
 
     /* Return if new lookup was recursed to before. */
-    if (is_lookup_visited (lookup_index))
+    if (lookup_limit_exceeded ()
+        || visited_lookups->in_error ()
+        || visited_lookups->has (lookup_index))
+      // Don't increment lookup count here, that will be done in the call to closure_lookups()
+      // made by recurse_func.
       return;
 
     nesting_level_left--;