diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index ca957e2b2..027cfb608 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -5180,9 +5180,9 @@ Support for group tags is controlled by the option
 		    "\\(?: +\\(\\[#.\\]\\)\\)?"
 		    "\\(?: +"
 		    ;; Stats cookies can be stuck to body.
-		    "\\(?:\\[[0-9%%/]+\\] *\\)?"
+		    "\\(?:\\[[0-9%%/]+\\] *\\)*"
 		    "\\(%s\\)"
-		    "\\(?: *\\[[0-9%%/]+\\]\\)?"
+		    "\\(?: *\\[[0-9%%/]+\\]\\)*"
 		    "\\)"
 		    (org-re "\\(?:[ \t]+\\(:[[:alnum:]_@#%%:]+:\\)\\)?")
 		    "[ \t]*$")