diff --git a/lib/lex/block.js b/lib/lex/block.js
index 96fc6f6..c5fa279 100644
--- a/lib/lex/block.js
+++ b/lib/lex/block.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Lexer.prototype.token = function(src, top, bq) {
     }
 
     // table no leading pipe (gfm)
-    if (top && (cap = this.rules.nptable.exec(src))) {
+    if (cap = this.rules.nptable.exec(src)) {
       src = src.substring(cap[0].length);
 
       item = {
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Lexer.prototype.token = function(src, top, bq) {
     }
 
     // table (gfm)
-    if (top && (cap = this.rules.table.exec(src))) {
+    if (cap = this.rules.table.exec(src)) {
       src = src.substring(cap[0].length);
 
       item = {