diff --git a/parser/inline.go b/parser/inline.go
index e9b08303..d526ce22 100644
--- a/parser/inline.go
+++ b/parser/inline.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func maybeInlineFootnoteOrSuper(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, ast.No
 // '[': parse a link or an image or a footnote or a citation
 func link(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, ast.Node) {
 	// no links allowed inside regular links, footnote, and deferred footnotes
-	if p.insideLink && (offset > 0 && data[offset-1] == '[' || len(data)-1 > offset && data[offset+1] == '^') {
+	if p.InsideLink && (offset > 0 && data[offset-1] == '[' || len(data)-1 > offset && data[offset+1] == '^') {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 
@@ -622,10 +622,10 @@ func link(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, ast.Node) {
 		} else {
 			// links cannot contain other links, so turn off link parsing
 			// temporarily and recurse
-			insideLink := p.insideLink
-			p.insideLink = true
+			InsideLink := p.InsideLink
+			p.InsideLink = true
 			p.Inline(link, data[1:txtE])
-			p.insideLink = insideLink
+			p.InsideLink = InsideLink
 		}
 		return i, link
 
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ const shortestPrefix = 6 // len("ftp://"), the shortest of the above
 
 func maybeAutoLink(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, ast.Node) {
 	// quick check to rule out most false hits
-	if p.insideLink || len(data) < offset+shortestPrefix {
+	if p.InsideLink || len(data) < offset+shortestPrefix {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 	for _, prefix := range protocolPrefixes {
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index d2098f7b..43f21369 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ type Parser struct {
 	inlineCallback [256]InlineParser
 	nesting        int
 	maxNesting     int
-	insideLink     bool
+	InsideLink     bool
 	indexCnt       int // incremented after every index
 
 	// Footnotes need to be ordered as well as available to quickly check for
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func NewWithExtensions(extension Extensions) *Parser {
 		refs:         make(map[string]*reference),
 		refsRecord:   make(map[string]struct{}),
 		maxNesting:   64,
-		insideLink:   false,
+		InsideLink:   false,
 		Doc:          &ast.Document{},
 		extensions:   extension,
 		allClosed:    true,