diff --git a/spec/unpairedTags_spec.js b/spec/unpairedTags_spec.js
index 5ee83911..e1058927 100644
--- a/spec/unpairedTags_spec.js
+++ b/spec/unpairedTags_spec.js
@@ -274,5 +274,46 @@ describe("unpaired and empty tags", function() {
       //   console.log(output);
         expect(output.replace(/\s+/g, "")).toEqual(expectedXmlData.replace(/\s+/g, ""));
   });
-  
+  it("should construct jpath correctly for tag after unpaired tag", function() {
+    const xmlData = `<rootNode>
+      <unpaired>
+      <nested>
+        <unpaired>
+        <empty />
+        <unpaired>
+      </nested>
+      <empty />
+      <stop />
+      <unpaired>
+    </rootNode>`;
+
+    const jpaths = [
+      "rootNode",
+      "rootNode.unpaired",
+      "rootNode.nested",
+      "rootNode.nested.unpaired",
+      "rootNode.nested.empty",
+      "rootNode.nested.unpaired",
+      "rootNode.empty",
+      "rootNode.stop",
+      "rootNode.unpaired",
+    ]
+    let jPathIndex=0;
+    const options = {
+        // format: true,
+        // preserveOrder: true,
+        ignoreAttributes: false,
+        stopNodes: ["stop"],
+        unpairedTags: ["unpaired", "unpaired2"],
+        updateTag: function(tagName,jpath){
+          // console.log(jpath);
+          expect(jpath).toEqual(jpaths[jPathIndex++]);
+          return tagName;
+        }
+      };
+      const parser = new XMLParser(options);
+      let result = parser.parse(xmlData);
+    //   console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null,4));
+
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
index 4f9bfe8e..9af9f5e9 100644
--- a/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
+++ b/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js
@@ -206,8 +206,17 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
           textData = this.saveTextToParentTag(textData, currentNode, jPath);
         }
 
-        jPath = jPath.substr(0, jPath.lastIndexOf("."));
-        
+        //check if last tag of nested tag was unpaired tag
+        const lastTagName = jPath.substring(jPath.lastIndexOf(".")+1);
+        let propIndex = 0
+        if(lastTagName && this.options.unpairedTags.indexOf(lastTagName) !== -1 ){
+          propIndex = jPath.lastIndexOf('.', jPath.lastIndexOf('.')-1)
+          if(propIndex < 1) propIndex = jPath.lastIndexOf(".");
+        }else{
+          propIndex = jPath.lastIndexOf(".");
+        }
+        jPath = jPath.substring(0, propIndex);
+
         currentNode = this.tagsNodeStack.pop();//avoid recursion, set the parent tag scope
         textData = "";
         i = closeIndex;
@@ -284,23 +293,22 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
           }
         }
 
-        if(tagName !== xmlObj.tagname){
-          jPath += jPath ? "." + tagName : tagName;
-        }
-
         //check if last tag was unpaired tag
         const lastTag = currentNode;
         if(lastTag && this.options.unpairedTags.indexOf(lastTag.tagname) !== -1 ){
           currentNode = this.tagsNodeStack.pop();
+          jPath = jPath.substring(0, jPath.lastIndexOf("."));
+        }
+        if(tagName !== xmlObj.tagname){
+          jPath += jPath ? "." + tagName : tagName;
         }
-
         if (this.isItStopNode(this.options.stopNodes, jPath, tagName)) { //TODO: namespace
           let tagContent = "";
           //self-closing tag
           if(tagExp.length > 0 && tagExp.lastIndexOf("/") === tagExp.length - 1){
             i = result.closeIndex;
           }
-          //boolean tag
+          //unpaired tag
           else if(this.options.unpairedTags.indexOf(tagName) !== -1){
             i = result.closeIndex;
           }
@@ -343,8 +351,8 @@ const parseXml = function(xmlData) {
             if(tagName !== tagExp && attrExpPresent){
               childNode[":@"] = this.buildAttributesMap(tagExp, jPath, tagName);
             }
-            jPath = jPath.substr(0, jPath.lastIndexOf("."));
             this.addChild(currentNode, childNode, jPath)
+            jPath = jPath.substr(0, jPath.lastIndexOf("."));
           }
     //opening tag
           else{