diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/plugins/jsx/index.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/plugins/jsx/index.js
index 523702f0dd84..2aba709267f2 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/plugins/jsx/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/plugins/jsx/index.js
@@ -484,18 +484,12 @@ export default (superClass: Class<Parser>): Class<Parser> =>
         node.closingElement = closingElement;
       }
       node.children = children;
-      while (this.isRelational("<")) {
-        // In case we encounter an lt token here it will always be the start of
-        // jsx as the lt sign is not allowed in places that expect an expression
-        this.finishToken(tt.jsxTagStart);
-
-        this.raise(
+      if (this.isRelational("<")) {
+        throw this.raise(
           this.state.start,
           "Adjacent JSX elements must be wrapped in an enclosing tag. " +
             "Did you want a JSX fragment <>...</>?",
         );
-
-        this.jsxParseElement();
       }
 
       return isFragment(openingElement)
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/jsx/errors/adjacent-tags/options.json b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/jsx/errors/adjacent-tags/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9835a882e99c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/jsx/errors/adjacent-tags/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "throws": "Adjacent JSX elements must be wrapped in an enclosing tag. Did you want a JSX fragment <>...</>? (1:22)"
+}
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diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/jsx/errors/adjacent-tags/output.json b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/jsx/errors/adjacent-tags/output.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b657e0982552..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/jsx/errors/adjacent-tags/output.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "File",
-  "start": 0,
-  "end": 37,
-  "loc": {
-    "start": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 0
-    },
-    "end": {
-      "line": 1,
-      "column": 37
-    }
-  },
-  "errors": [
-    "SyntaxError: Adjacent JSX elements must be wrapped in an enclosing tag. Did you want a JSX fragment <>...</>? (1:22)"
-  ],
-  "program": {
-    "type": "Program",
-    "start": 0,
-    "end": 37,
-    "loc": {
-      "start": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 0
-      },
-      "end": {
-        "line": 1,
-        "column": 37
-      }
-    },
-    "sourceType": "script",
-    "interpreter": null,
-    "body": [
-      {
-        "type": "VariableDeclaration",
-        "start": 0,
-        "end": 37,
-        "loc": {
-          "start": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 0
-          },
-          "end": {
-            "line": 1,
-            "column": 37
-          }
-        },
-        "declarations": [
-          {
-            "type": "VariableDeclarator",
-            "start": 4,
-            "end": 36,
-            "loc": {
-              "start": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 4
-              },
-              "end": {
-                "line": 1,
-                "column": 36
-              }
-            },
-            "id": {
-              "type": "Identifier",
-              "start": 4,
-              "end": 5,
-              "loc": {
-                "start": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 4
-                },
-                "end": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 5
-                },
-                "identifierName": "x"
-              },
-              "name": "x"
-            },
-            "init": {
-              "type": "JSXElement",
-              "start": 8,
-              "end": 36,
-              "loc": {
-                "start": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 8
-                },
-                "end": {
-                  "line": 1,
-                  "column": 36
-                }
-              },
-              "openingElement": {
-                "type": "JSXOpeningElement",
-                "start": 8,
-                "end": 13,
-                "loc": {
-                  "start": {
-                    "line": 1,
-                    "column": 8
-                  },
-                  "end": {
-                    "line": 1,
-                    "column": 13
-                  }
-                },
-                "name": {
-                  "type": "JSXIdentifier",
-                  "start": 9,
-                  "end": 12,
-                  "loc": {
-                    "start": {
-                      "line": 1,
-                      "column": 9
-                    },
-                    "end": {
-                      "line": 1,
-                      "column": 12
-                    }
-                  },
-                  "name": "div"
-                },
-                "attributes": [],
-                "selfClosing": false
-              },
-              "closingElement": {
-                "type": "JSXClosingElement",
-                "start": 16,
-                "end": 22,
-                "loc": {
-                  "start": {
-                    "line": 1,
-                    "column": 16
-                  },
-                  "end": {
-                    "line": 1,
-                    "column": 22
-                  }
-                },
-                "name": {
-                  "type": "JSXIdentifier",
-                  "start": 18,
-                  "end": 21,
-                  "loc": {
-                    "start": {
-                      "line": 1,
-                      "column": 18
-                    },
-                    "end": {
-                      "line": 1,
-                      "column": 21
-                    }
-                  },
-                  "name": "div"
-                }
-              },
-              "children": [
-                {
-                  "type": "JSXText",
-                  "start": 13,
-                  "end": 16,
-                  "loc": {
-                    "start": {
-                      "line": 1,
-                      "column": 13
-                    },
-                    "end": {
-                      "line": 1,
-                      "column": 16
-                    }
-                  },
-                  "extra": {
-                    "rawValue": "one",
-                    "raw": "one"
-                  },
-                  "value": "one"
-                }
-              ]
-            }
-          }
-        ],
-        "kind": "var"
-      }
-    ],
-    "directives": []
-  }
-}
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