diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonschema/processors/validation/ValidationProcessorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonschema/processors/validation/ValidationProcessorTest.java
index 41d828eda..dbc2e4c04 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonschema/processors/validation/ValidationProcessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonschema/processors/validation/ValidationProcessorTest.java
@@ -157,6 +157,28 @@ public void circularReferencingDuringValidationIsDetected()
         assertTrue(true);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Issue #112: what was called a "validation loop" in issue #102 was in fact
+     * not really one; it is possible to enter the same subschema using
+     * different paths.
+     *
+     * The real thing which must be checked for is a full schema pointer loop.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void enteringSamePointerWithDifferentPathsDoesNotThrowException()
+        throws IOException, ProcessingException
+    {
+        final JsonNode node = JsonLoader.fromResource("/other/issue112.json");
+        final JsonNode schemaNode = node.get("schema");
+        final JsonSchemaFactory factory = JsonSchemaFactory.byDefault();
+        final JsonValidator validator = factory.getValidator();
+
+        final JsonNode instance = node.get("instance");
+
+        assertTrue(validator.validate(schemaNode, instance).isSuccess());
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+
     public static final class K1Validator
         extends AbstractKeywordValidator
     {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/other/issue112.json b/src/test/resources/other/issue112.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..232c5b123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/other/issue112.json
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{
+    "schema":
+    {
+        "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+
+        "definitions": {
+            "unit-value": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "unit": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "value": {
+                        "type": "number"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "length-unit-value": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "allOf": [
+                    {
+                        "$ref": "#/definitions/unit-value"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "properties": {
+                            "unit": {
+                                "type": "string",
+                                "enum": [
+                                    "cm",
+                                    "in"
+                                ]
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "something-containing-unit-value": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "unit-value": {
+                        "$ref": "#/definitions/unit-value"
+                    }
+                },
+                "required": [ "unit-value"]
+            }
+        },
+
+        "type": "object",
+        "allOf": [
+            {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/something-containing-unit-value"
+            },
+            {
+                "properties": {
+                    "unit-value": {
+                        "$ref": "#/definitions/length-unit-value"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "instance": {
+        "unit": "cm",
+        "unit-value": { "unit": "" }
+    }
+}