diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/ApplicationModels/AttributeRouteModel.cs b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/ApplicationModels/AttributeRouteModel.cs
index 4623d67090..333033d00d 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/ApplicationModels/AttributeRouteModel.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/ApplicationModels/AttributeRouteModel.cs
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationModels
             var state = TemplateParserState.Plaintext;
 
             int? tokenStart = null;
+            var scope = 0;
 
             // We'll run the loop one extra time with 'null' to detect the end of the string.
             for (var i = 0; i <= template.Length; i++)
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationModels
                     case TemplateParserState.Plaintext:
                         if (c == '[')
                         {
+                            scope++;
                             state = TemplateParserState.SeenLeft;
                             break;
                         }
@@ -321,6 +323,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationModels
                         }
                         else if (c == ']')
                         {
+                            --scope;
                             state = TemplateParserState.InsideToken | TemplateParserState.SeenRight;
                             break;
                         }
@@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationModels
                             throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
                         }
                     case TemplateParserState.InsideToken | TemplateParserState.SeenRight:
-                        if (c == ']')
+                        if (c == ']' && scope == 0)
                         {
                             // This is an escaped right-bracket
                             state = TemplateParserState.InsideToken;
@@ -402,6 +405,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationModels
                                 state = TemplateParserState.Plaintext;
                             }
 
+                            scope = 0;
                             tokenStart = null;
                             break;
                         }
diff --git a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/ApplicationModels/AttributeRouteModelTests.cs b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/ApplicationModels/AttributeRouteModelTests.cs
index dc312a50bd..c6646c110a 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/ApplicationModels/AttributeRouteModelTests.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/ApplicationModels/AttributeRouteModelTests.cs
@@ -590,6 +590,83 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationModels
                     },
                     "Home/Index/{id}"
                 };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[action]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Home/[Index]/{id}"
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[[[action]]]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Home/[[Index]]/{id}"
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[[[[[action]]]]]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Home/[[[Index]]]/{id}"
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[[[action]]]]]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Home/[[Index]]]/{id}"
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[[[[[action]]]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Home/[[[Index]]/{id}"
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[action]]]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Home/[Index]]/{id}"
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[[[[[action]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Home/[[[Index]/{id}"
+                };
             }
         }
 
@@ -655,6 +732,61 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationModels
                     new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
                     "An empty replacement token ('[]') is not allowed.",
                 };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[action]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Token delimiters ('[', ']') are imbalanced.",
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[action]]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Token delimiters ('[', ']') are imbalanced.",
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[action]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Token delimiters ('[', ']') are imbalanced.",
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[[[[[action]]]]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Token delimiters ('[', ']') are imbalanced.",
+                };
+
+                yield return new object[]
+                {
+                    "[controller]/[[[[[[action]]]]]]]/{id}",
+                    new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    {
+                        { "controller", "Home" },
+                        { "action", "Index" }
+                    },
+                    "Token delimiters ('[', ']') are imbalanced.",
+                };
             }
         }