diff --git a/yaserde/tests/deserializer.rs b/yaserde/tests/deserializer.rs
index 0035fe7..fd06f20 100644
--- a/yaserde/tests/deserializer.rs
+++ b/yaserde/tests/deserializer.rs
@@ -887,3 +887,56 @@ fn de_subitem_issue_12_attributes_with_sub() {
     }
   );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn de_same_field_name_sub() {
+  #[derive(Default, PartialEq, Debug, YaDeserialize)]
+  pub struct SubStruct {
+    sub: Option<i32>,
+  }
+
+  #[derive(Default, PartialEq, Debug, YaDeserialize)]
+  pub struct Struct {
+    sub: SubStruct,
+  }
+
+  convert_and_validate!("<Struct><sub /></Struct>", Struct, Struct::default());
+
+  convert_and_validate!(
+    "<Struct><sub><sub>42</sub></sub></Struct>",
+    Struct,
+    Struct {
+      sub: SubStruct { sub: Some(42) }
+    }
+  );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn de_same_field_name_sub_sub() {
+  #[derive(Default, PartialEq, Debug, YaDeserialize)]
+  pub struct SubSubStruct {
+    sub: i32,
+  }
+
+  #[derive(Default, PartialEq, Debug, YaDeserialize)]
+  pub struct SubStruct {
+    sub: Option<SubSubStruct>,
+  }
+
+  #[derive(Default, PartialEq, Debug, YaDeserialize)]
+  pub struct Struct {
+    sub: SubStruct,
+  }
+
+  convert_and_validate!("<Struct><sub /></Struct>", Struct, Struct::default());
+
+  convert_and_validate!(
+    "<Struct><sub><sub><sub>42</sub></sub></sub></Struct>",
+    Struct,
+    Struct {
+      sub: SubStruct {
+        sub: Some(SubSubStruct { sub: 42 })
+      }
+    }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/yaserde_derive/src/de/expand_struct.rs b/yaserde_derive/src/de/expand_struct.rs
index 6e21064..6e9b66d 100644
--- a/yaserde_derive/src/de/expand_struct.rs
+++ b/yaserde_derive/src/de/expand_struct.rs
@@ -179,9 +179,15 @@ pub fn parse(
       let visit_struct = |struct_name: syn::Path, action: TokenStream| {
         Some(quote! {
           #label_name => {
-            let value = #struct_name::deserialize(reader)?;
-            #value_label #action;
-            let _root = reader.next_event();
+            if depth == 0 {
+              // Don't count current struct's StartElement as substruct's StartElement
+              let _root = reader.next_event();
+            }
+            if let Ok(XmlEvent::StartElement { .. }) = reader.peek() {
+              // If substruct's start element found then deserialize substruct
+              let value = #struct_name::deserialize(reader)?;
+              #value_label #action;
+            }
           }
         })
       };
@@ -503,8 +509,10 @@ fn build_call_visitor(
       }
 
       let result = reader.read_inner_value::<#field_type, _>(|reader| {
-        if let Ok(XmlEvent::Characters(s)) = reader.next_event() {
-          visitor.#visitor(&s)
+        if let Ok(XmlEvent::Characters(s)) = reader.peek() {
+          let val = visitor.#visitor(&s);
+          let _event = reader.next_event()?;
+          val
         } else {
           Err(format!("unable to parse content for {}", #label_name))
         }