diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
index 51ae9b5f98f654bb7c176decfd484cecbc00a348..d51ee0102ba72cee576f34ca11a9eb6615d5ef10 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ struct hb_collect_glyphs_context_t
       return default_return_value ();
 
     nesting_level_left--;
-    recurse_func (this, lookup_index);
+    /* Only collect output glyphs in the recursion. */
+    hb_collect_glyphs_context_t new_c (this->face, NULL, NULL, NULL, &output, nesting_level_left);
+    recurse_func (&new_c, lookup_index);
     nesting_level_left++;
     return default_return_value ();
   }