diff --git a/scripts/asn1_compiler.c b/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
index 7750e9c..e87359c 100644
--- a/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
+++ b/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@
 	unsigned	flags;
 #define ELEMENT_IMPLICIT	0x0001
 #define ELEMENT_EXPLICIT	0x0002
-#define ELEMENT_MARKED		0x0004
+#define ELEMENT_TAG_SPECIFIED	0x0004
 #define ELEMENT_RENDERED	0x0008
 #define ELEMENT_SKIPPABLE	0x0010
 #define ELEMENT_CONDITIONAL	0x0020
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@
 
 		element->tag &= ~0x1f;
 		element->tag |= strtoul(cursor->value, &p, 10);
+		element->flags |= ELEMENT_TAG_SPECIFIED;
 		if (p - cursor->value != cursor->size)
 			abort();
 		cursor++;
@@ -1376,7 +1377,7 @@
  */
 static void render_element(FILE *out, struct element *e, struct element *tag)
 {
-	struct element *ec;
+	struct element *ec, *x;
 	const char *cond, *act;
 	int entry, skippable = 0, outofline = 0;
 
@@ -1435,15 +1436,17 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (e->name)
+	x = tag ?: e;
+	if (x->name)
 		render_more(out, "\t\t// %*.*s",
-			    (int)e->name->size, (int)e->name->size,
-			    e->name->value);
+			    (int)x->name->size, (int)x->name->size,
+			    x->name->value);
 	render_more(out, "\n");
 
 	/* Render the tag */
-	if (!tag)
+	if (!tag || !(tag->flags & ELEMENT_TAG_SPECIFIED))
 		tag = e;
+
 	if (tag->class == ASN1_UNIV &&
 	    tag->tag != 14 &&
 	    tag->tag != 15 &&
@@ -1539,7 +1542,7 @@
 
 	case CHOICE:
 		for (ec = e->children; ec; ec = ec->next)
-			render_element(out, ec, NULL);
+			render_element(out, ec, ec);
 		if (!skippable)
 			render_opcode(out, "ASN1_OP_COND_FAIL,\n");
 		if (e->action)