diff --git a/mozilla/toolkit/components/microformats/src/Microformats.js b/mozilla/toolkit/components/microformats/src/Microformats.js
index 7d881dfba65..afd041cb165 100644
--- a/mozilla/toolkit/components/microformats/src/Microformats.js
+++ b/mozilla/toolkit/components/microformats/src/Microformats.js
@@ -722,9 +722,20 @@ var Microformats = {
           xpathResult.singleNodeValue.microformat = mfname;
           parentnode = xpathResult.singleNodeValue;
         }
-        /* If the propnode is not a child of the microformat, remove it*/
+        /* If the propnode is not a child of the microformat, and */
+        /* the property belongs to the parent microformat as well, */
+        /* remove it. */
         if (parentnode != mfnode) {
-          propnodes.splice(i,1);
+          var mfNameString = Microformats.getNamesFromNode(parentnode);
+          var mfNames = mfNameString.split(" ");
+          var j;
+          for (j=0; j < mfNames.length; j++) {
+            /* If this property is in the parent microformat, remove the node  */
+            if (Microformats[mfNames[j]].properties[propname]) {
+              propnodes.splice(i,1);;
+              break;
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
       if (propnodes.length > 0) {
diff --git a/mozilla/toolkit/components/microformats/tests/test_Microformats.html b/mozilla/toolkit/components/microformats/tests/test_Microformats.html
index 7bf6f829b21..3d405ba9f73 100644
--- a/mozilla/toolkit/components/microformats/tests/test_Microformats.html
+++ b/mozilla/toolkit/components/microformats/tests/test_Microformats.html
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@
     <span class="dtstart">1998-01-22</span>
   </div>
 
+  <div class="vevent" id="vcal_vcard">
+    <div class="vcard">
+      <span class="description">
+        <span class="fn org">Mozilla</span>'s Birthday
+      </span>
+    </div>
+    <span class="dtstart">1998-01-22</span>
+  </div>
+  
 </div>
 <pre id="test">
 <script class="testbody" type="text/javascript">
@@ -152,6 +161,9 @@ function test_Microformats() {
   jsdate = Microformats.dateFromISO8601(dateCal.dtstart);
   origdate = Microformats.iso8601FromDate(jsdate, true);
   is(dateCal.dtstart, origdate, "date round trip");
+
+  var dateCal = new hCalendar(document.getElementById("vcal_vcard"));
+  is(dateCal.description, "Mozilla's Birthday", "vcard in vcal");
 }
 
 function test_hCard() {