diff --git a/lib/ace/BackgroundTokenizer.js b/lib/ace/BackgroundTokenizer.js
index 57e74f84..c9075639 100644
--- a/lib/ace/BackgroundTokenizer.js
+++ b/lib/ace/BackgroundTokenizer.js
@@ -120,8 +120,11 @@ var BackgroundTokenizer = function(tokenizer, editor) {
                     this.lines[row] = tokens;
                 }
             }
-            else
-                rows.push(this.lines[row]);
+            else {
+                var tokens = this.lines[row];
+                state = tokens.state;
+                rows.push(tokens);
+            }
         }
         return rows;
     };