diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
index 8961bda5..1beeffcf 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ public class PathCompiler {
             readPosition++;
         }
 
+        if (inProperty){
+            fail("Property has not been closed - missing closing " + potentialStringDelimiter);
+        }
+
         int endBracketIndex = path.indexOfNextSignificantChar(endPosition, CLOSE_SQUARE_BRACKET) + 1;
 
         path.setPosition(endBracketIndex);
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java
index 81c6203d..cf22d105 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java
@@ -322,5 +322,10 @@ public class JsonPathTest extends BaseTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test(expected = InvalidPathException.class)
+    //see https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath/issues/428
+    public void prevent_stack_overflow_error_when_unclosed_property() {
+        JsonPath.compile("$['boo','foo][?(@ =~ /bar/)]");
+    }
 
 }