diff -r 688a820889a5 javascript.editing/src/org/netbeans/modules/javascript/editing/JsFormatter.java
--- a/javascript.editing/src/org/netbeans/modules/javascript/editing/JsFormatter.java	Thu Oct 16 22:45:51 2008 +0200
+++ b/javascript.editing/src/org/netbeans/modules/javascript/editing/JsFormatter.java	Thu Oct 16 18:19:43 2008 -0700
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
     }
     
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    private int getTokenBalance(TokenSequence<? extends JsTokenId> ts, BaseDocument doc, int begin, int end, boolean includeKeywords, boolean indentOnly) {
+    private int getTokenBalance(TokenSequence<? extends JsTokenId> ts, BaseDocument doc, final int begin, int end, boolean includeKeywords, boolean indentOnly) {
         int balance = 0;
 
         if (ts == null) {
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
         if (embeddedJavaScript && last < end) {
             // We're not done yet... find the next section...
             TokenSequence<? extends JsTokenId> ets = LexUtilities.getNextJsTokenSequence(doc, last+1, end);
-            if (ets != null) {
+            if (ets != null && ets.offset() > begin) {
                 return balance + getTokenBalance(ets, doc, ets.offset(), end, includeKeywords, indentOnly);
             }
         }