diff --git a/src/insets/InsetNewline.cpp b/src/insets/InsetNewline.cpp
index 5220568d56..ca55cf2ec3 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetNewline.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetNewline.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ void InsetNewlineParams::read(Lexer & lex)
 		kind = InsetNewlineParams::LINEBREAK;
 	else
 		lex.printError("Unknown kind: `$$Token'");
-	lex >> "\\end_inset";
 }
 
 
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ void InsetNewline::write(ostream & os) const
 void InsetNewline::read(Lexer & lex)
 {
 	params_.read(lex);
+	lex >> "\\end_inset";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetNewpage.cpp b/src/insets/InsetNewpage.cpp
index fae6d699a4..231c7981a4 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetNewpage.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetNewpage.cpp
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ void InsetNewpageParams::read(Lexer & lex)
 		kind = InsetNewpageParams::CLEARDOUBLEPAGE;
 	else
 		lex.printError("Unknown kind");
-
-	lex >> "\\end_inset";
 }
 
 
@@ -94,6 +92,7 @@ void InsetNewpage::write(ostream & os) const
 void InsetNewpage::read(Lexer & lex)
 {
 	params_.read(lex);
+	lex >> "\\end_inset";
 }