diff --git a/src/net/mail/message.go b/src/net/mail/message.go
index 571c95ddc98f21e48fccdabd5bed78bbaeaccc06..923630c49ce02143309c00365afcb04d2b401ac7 100644
--- a/src/net/mail/message.go
+++ b/src/net/mail/message.go
@@ -392,10 +392,9 @@ func (p *addrParser) consumePhrase() (phrase string, err error) {
 			// We actually parse dot-atom here to be more permissive
 			// than what RFC 5322 specifies.
 			word, err = p.consumeAtom(true, true)
-		}
-
-		if err == nil {
-			word, err = p.decodeRFC2047Word(word)
+			if err == nil {
+				word, err = p.decodeRFC2047Word(word)
+			}
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/net/mail/message_test.go b/src/net/mail/message_test.go
index 624ed6b26ff56be9e1322149a42727a69f79ac35..4e718e2636727454ca901ef71aee450954988284 100644
--- a/src/net/mail/message_test.go
+++ b/src/net/mail/message_test.go
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ func TestAddressParser(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestAddressFormatting(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAddressString(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		addr *Address
 		exp  string
@@ -503,11 +503,36 @@ func TestAddressFormatting(t *testing.T) {
 			&Address{Name: "Böb, Jacöb", Address: "bob@example.com"},
 			`=?utf-8?b?QsO2YiwgSmFjw7Zi?= <bob@example.com>`,
 		},
+		{
+			&Address{Name: "=??Q?x?=", Address: "hello@world.com"},
+			`"=??Q?x?=" <hello@world.com>`,
+		},
+		{
+			&Address{Name: "=?hello", Address: "hello@world.com"},
+			`"=?hello" <hello@world.com>`,
+		},
+		{
+			&Address{Name: "world?=", Address: "hello@world.com"},
+			`"world?=" <hello@world.com>`,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		s := test.addr.String()
 		if s != test.exp {
 			t.Errorf("Address%+v.String() = %v, want %v", *test.addr, s, test.exp)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Check round-trip.
+		if test.addr.Address != "" && test.addr.Address != "@" {
+			a, err := ParseAddress(test.exp)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("ParseAddress(%#q): %v", test.exp, err)
+				continue
+			}
+			if a.Name != test.addr.Name || a.Address != test.addr.Address {
+				t.Errorf("ParseAddress(%#q) = %#v, want %#v", test.exp, a, test.addr)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }