diff --git a/lib/md042.js b/lib/md042.js
index 6d44df6b..8d152a98 100644
--- a/lib/md042.js
+++ b/lib/md042.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module.exports = {
             addErrorContext(onError, child.lineNumber,
               "[" + linkText + "]()", null, null,
               rangeFromRegExp(child.line, emptyLinkRe));
+            emptyLink = false;
           }
         } else if (inLink) {
           linkText += child.content;
diff --git a/test/empty-links.md b/test/empty-links.md
index ddd7caf0..a54971e5 100644
--- a/test/empty-links.md
+++ b/test/empty-links.md
@@ -61,3 +61,20 @@
 [text]
 
 [text]: link
+
+## Inline of links with empty link (#308)
+
+[text](link-1)
+[text]() {MD042}
+[text](link-3)
+
+[text](link-1)
+[text]() {MD042}
+[text](link-3)
+[text]() {MD042}
+
+[text](link-1)
+[text]() {MD042}
+[text](link-3)
+[text]() {MD042}
+[text](link-5)