diff --git a/encode_test.go b/encode_test.go
index 1e1b3c5..54fbddf 100644
--- a/encode_test.go
+++ b/encode_test.go
@@ -1805,3 +1805,45 @@ func TestIssue104(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expect %q but got %q", string(expect), string(got))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIssue180(t *testing.T) {
+	v := struct {
+		T struct {
+			T1 bool        `json:"t1"`
+			T2 float64     `json:"t2"`
+			T3 string      `json:"t3"`
+			T4 []string    `json:"t4"`
+			T5 *struct{}   `json:"t5"`
+			T6 interface{} `json:"t6"`
+			T7 [][]string  `json:"t7"`
+		} `json:"t"`
+	}{
+		T: struct {
+			T1 bool        `json:"t1"`
+			T2 float64     `json:"t2"`
+			T3 string      `json:"t3"`
+			T4 []string    `json:"t4"`
+			T5 *struct{}   `json:"t5"`
+			T6 interface{} `json:"t6"`
+			T7 [][]string  `json:"t7"`
+		}{
+			T4: []string{},
+			T7: [][]string{
+				[]string{""},
+				[]string{"hello", "world"},
+				[]string{},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	b1, err := stdjson.MarshalIndent(v, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	b2, err := json.MarshalIndent(v, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(b1, b2) {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to equal encoded result: expected %s but got %s", string(b1), string(b2))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/encoder/vm_escaped_indent/vm.go b/internal/encoder/vm_escaped_indent/vm.go
index b221382..23f2cbf 100644
--- a/internal/encoder/vm_escaped_indent/vm.go
+++ b/internal/encoder/vm_escaped_indent/vm.go
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ func Run(ctx *encoder.RuntimeContext, b []byte, codeSet *encoder.OpcodeSet, opt
 				code = code.Next
 				store(ctxptr, code.Idx, uintptr(slice.Data))
 			} else {
-				b = appendIndent(ctx, b, code.Indent)
 				b = append(b, '[', ']', ',', '\n')
 				code = code.End.Next
 			}
@@ -385,7 +384,6 @@ func Run(ctx *encoder.RuntimeContext, b []byte, codeSet *encoder.OpcodeSet, opt
 				code = code.Next
 				store(ctxptr, code.Idx, p)
 			} else {
-				b = appendIndent(ctx, b, code.Indent)
 				b = append(b, '[', ']', ',', '\n')
 				code = code.End.Next
 			}
diff --git a/internal/encoder/vm_indent/vm.go b/internal/encoder/vm_indent/vm.go
index fdad09e..4406462 100644
--- a/internal/encoder/vm_indent/vm.go
+++ b/internal/encoder/vm_indent/vm.go
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ func Run(ctx *encoder.RuntimeContext, b []byte, codeSet *encoder.OpcodeSet, opt
 				code = code.Next
 				store(ctxptr, code.Idx, uintptr(slice.Data))
 			} else {
-				b = appendIndent(ctx, b, code.Indent)
 				b = append(b, '[', ']', ',', '\n')
 				code = code.End.Next
 			}
@@ -385,7 +384,6 @@ func Run(ctx *encoder.RuntimeContext, b []byte, codeSet *encoder.OpcodeSet, opt
 				code = code.Next
 				store(ctxptr, code.Idx, p)
 			} else {
-				b = appendIndent(ctx, b, code.Indent)
 				b = append(b, '[', ']', ',', '\n')
 				code = code.End.Next
 			}