diff --git a/lib/liquid/tokenizer.rb b/lib/liquid/tokenizer.rb
index 794dfe13..ec3a2d94 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tokenizer.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tokenizer.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ module Liquid
       @line_number    = line_number || (line_numbers ? 1 : nil)
       @for_liquid_tag = for_liquid_tag
       @source         = source
-      @ss             = StringScanner.new(source)
       @offset         = 0
       @tokens         = []
       tokenize
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@ module Liquid
       if @for_liquid_tag
         @tokens = @source.split("\n")
       else
+        @ss = StringScanner.new(source)
         @tokens << shift_normal until @ss.eos?
       end