diff --git a/ParsedownExtra.php b/ParsedownExtra.php
index be6966d..265ac2b 100644
--- a/ParsedownExtra.php
+++ b/ParsedownExtra.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ function __construct()
 
     function text($text)
     {
+        $this->footnoteCount = 0;
         $markup = parent::text($text);
 
         # merge consecutive dl elements
diff --git a/test/ParsedownExtraTest.php b/test/ParsedownExtraTest.php
index 4fff778..45f2292 100644
--- a/test/ParsedownExtraTest.php
+++ b/test/ParsedownExtraTest.php
@@ -17,4 +17,22 @@ protected function initParsedown()
 
         return $Parsedown;
     }
+
+    public function testMultipleFootnoteCalls()
+    {
+        $parsedown = $this->initParsedown();
+
+        $markdown = file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/data/footnote.md');
+
+        $expectedMarkup = file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/data/footnote.html');
+
+        $expectedMarkup = str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $expectedMarkup);
+        $expectedMarkup = str_replace("\r", "\n", $expectedMarkup);
+
+        $actualMarkup = $parsedown->text($markdown);
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedMarkup, $actualMarkup);
+
+        $actualMarkup = $parsedown->text($markdown);
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedMarkup, $actualMarkup);
+    }
 }