diff --git a/src/encoding/xml/read.go b/src/encoding/xml/read.go
index ef5df3f7f6..e9f9d2efa9 100644
--- a/src/encoding/xml/read.go
+++ b/src/encoding/xml/read.go
@@ -732,12 +732,12 @@ Loop:
 }
 
 // Skip reads tokens until it has consumed the end element
-// matching the most recent start element already consumed.
-// It recurs if it encounters a start element, so it can be used to
-// skip nested structures.
+// matching the most recent start element already consumed,
+// skipping nested structures.
 // It returns nil if it finds an end element matching the start
 // element; otherwise it returns an error describing the problem.
 func (d *Decoder) Skip() error {
+	var depth int64
 	for {
 		tok, err := d.Token()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -745,11 +745,12 @@ func (d *Decoder) Skip() error {
 		}
 		switch tok.(type) {
 		case StartElement:
-			if err := d.Skip(); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+			depth++
 		case EndElement:
-			return nil
+			if depth == 0 {
+				return nil
+			}
+			depth--
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/encoding/xml/read_test.go b/src/encoding/xml/read_test.go
index 8c2e70fa22..4ccab3d010 100644
--- a/src/encoding/xml/read_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/xml/read_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 package xml
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -1079,3 +1081,19 @@ func TestUnmarshalWhitespaceAttrs(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("whitespace attrs: Unmarshal:\nhave: %#+v\nwant: %#+v", v, want)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCVE202230633(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOARCH == "wasm" {
+		t.Skip("causes memory exhaustion on js/wasm")
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		p := recover()
+		if p != nil {
+			t.Fatal("Unmarshal panicked")
+		}
+	}()
+	var example struct {
+		Things []string
+	}
+	Unmarshal(bytes.Repeat([]byte("<a>"), 17_000_000), &example)
+}