diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 9c91f523..834ccf9a 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ impl ParserState {
     }
 }
 
+/// When parsing until a given token, sometimes the caller knows that parsing is going to restart
+/// at some earlier point, and consuming until we find a top level delimiter is just wasted work.
+///
+/// In that case, callers can pass ParseUntilErrorBehavior::Stop to avoid doing all that wasted
+/// work.
+///
+/// This is important for things like CSS nesting, where something like:
+///
+///   foo:is(..) {
+///     ...
+///   }
+///
+/// Would need to scan the whole {} block to find a semicolon, only for parsing getting restarted
+/// as a qualified rule later.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum ParseUntilErrorBehavior {
+    /// Consume until we see the relevant delimiter or the end of the stream.
+    Consume,
+    /// Eagerly error.
+    Stop,
+}
+
 /// Details about a `BasicParseError`
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum BasicParseErrorKind<'i> {
@@ -766,7 +788,7 @@ impl<'i: 't, 't> Parser<'i, 't> {
     where
         F: for<'tt> FnOnce(&mut Parser<'i, 'tt>) -> Result<T, ParseError<'i, E>>,
     {
-        parse_until_before(self, delimiters, parse)
+        parse_until_before(self, delimiters, ParseUntilErrorBehavior::Consume, parse)
     }
 
     /// Like `parse_until_before`, but also consume the delimiter token.
@@ -783,7 +805,7 @@ impl<'i: 't, 't> Parser<'i, 't> {
     where
         F: for<'tt> FnOnce(&mut Parser<'i, 'tt>) -> Result<T, ParseError<'i, E>>,
     {
-        parse_until_after(self, delimiters, parse)
+        parse_until_after(self, delimiters, ParseUntilErrorBehavior::Consume, parse)
     }
 
     /// Parse a <whitespace-token> and return its value.
@@ -1013,6 +1035,7 @@ impl<'i: 't, 't> Parser<'i, 't> {
 pub fn parse_until_before<'i: 't, 't, F, T, E>(
     parser: &mut Parser<'i, 't>,
     delimiters: Delimiters,
+    error_behavior: ParseUntilErrorBehavior,
     parse: F,
 ) -> Result<T, ParseError<'i, E>>
 where
@@ -1028,6 +1051,9 @@ where
             stop_before: delimiters,
         };
         result = delimited_parser.parse_entirely(parse);
+        if error_behavior == ParseUntilErrorBehavior::Stop && result.is_err() {
+            return result;
+        }
         if let Some(block_type) = delimited_parser.at_start_of {
             consume_until_end_of_block(block_type, &mut delimited_parser.input.tokenizer);
         }
@@ -1051,12 +1077,16 @@ where
 pub fn parse_until_after<'i: 't, 't, F, T, E>(
     parser: &mut Parser<'i, 't>,
     delimiters: Delimiters,
+    error_behavior: ParseUntilErrorBehavior,
     parse: F,
 ) -> Result<T, ParseError<'i, E>>
 where
     F: for<'tt> FnOnce(&mut Parser<'i, 'tt>) -> Result<T, ParseError<'i, E>>,
 {
-    let result = parser.parse_until_before(delimiters, parse);
+    let result = parse_until_before(parser, delimiters, error_behavior, parse);
+    if error_behavior == ParseUntilErrorBehavior::Stop && result.is_err() {
+        return result;
+    }
     let next_byte = parser.input.tokenizer.next_byte();
     if next_byte.is_some()
         && !parser
diff --git a/src/rules_and_declarations.rs b/src/rules_and_declarations.rs
index 4698561d..fb33a7d0 100644
--- a/src/rules_and_declarations.rs
+++ b/src/rules_and_declarations.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use super::{
     BasicParseError, BasicParseErrorKind, Delimiter, Delimiters, ParseError, Parser, Token,
 };
 use crate::cow_rc_str::CowRcStr;
-use crate::parser::{parse_nested_block, parse_until_after, parse_until_before, ParserState};
+use crate::parser::{parse_nested_block, parse_until_after, ParseUntilErrorBehavior, ParserState};
 
 /// Parse `!important`.
 ///
@@ -266,14 +266,25 @@ where
                 // that in a slightly more straight-forward way
                 Token::Ident(ref name) if self.parser.parse_declarations() => {
                     let name = name.clone();
+                    let parse_qualified = self.parser.parse_qualified();
                     let result = {
+                        let error_behavior = if parse_qualified {
+                            ParseUntilErrorBehavior::Stop
+                        } else {
+                            ParseUntilErrorBehavior::Consume
+                        };
                         let parser = &mut self.parser;
-                        parse_until_after(self.input, Delimiter::Semicolon, |input| {
-                            input.expect_colon()?;
-                            parser.parse_value(name, input)
-                        })
+                        parse_until_after(
+                            self.input,
+                            Delimiter::Semicolon,
+                            error_behavior,
+                            |input| {
+                                input.expect_colon()?;
+                                parser.parse_value(name, input)
+                            },
+                        )
                     };
-                    if result.is_err() && self.parser.parse_qualified() {
+                    if result.is_err() && parse_qualified {
                         self.input.reset(&start);
                         // We ignore the resulting error here. The property declaration parse error
                         // is likely to be more relevant.