diff --git a/Lib/sre_compile.py b/Lib/sre_compile.py
index 701b267..828b170 100644
--- a/Lib/sre_compile.py
+++ b/Lib/sre_compile.py
@@ -148,18 +148,25 @@
                     skip = len(code); emit(0)
                     emit(av[0])
                     emit(av[1])
+                    mark = MAXCODE
+                    if av[2][0][0] == SUBPATTERN:
+                        # repeated subpattern
+                        gid, foo = av[2][0][1]
+                        if gid:
+                            mark = (gid-1)*2
+                    emit(mark)
                     _compile(code, av[2], flags)
                     emit(OPCODES[SUCCESS])
                     code[skip] = len(code) - skip
         elif op is SUBPATTERN:
-            group = av[0]
-            if group:
+            gid = av[0]
+            if gid:
                 emit(OPCODES[MARK])
-                emit((group-1)*2)
+                emit((gid-1)*2)
             _compile(code, av[1], flags)
-            if group:
+            if gid:
                 emit(OPCODES[MARK])
-                emit((group-1)*2+1)
+                emit((gid-1)*2+1)
         elif op in (SUCCESS, FAILURE):
             emit(OPCODES[op])
         elif op in (ASSERT, ASSERT_NOT):
@@ -207,7 +214,7 @@
                 emit(CHCODES[CH_UNICODE[av]])
             else:
                 emit(CHCODES[av])
-        elif op is GROUP:
+        elif op is GROUPREF:
             if flags & SRE_FLAG_IGNORECASE:
                 emit(OPCODES[OP_IGNORE[op]])
             else:
diff --git a/Lib/sre_constants.py b/Lib/sre_constants.py
index 076637d..ef32c32 100644
--- a/Lib/sre_constants.py
+++ b/Lib/sre_constants.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 CALL = "call"
 CATEGORY = "category"
 CHARSET = "charset"
-GROUP = "group"
-GROUP_IGNORE = "group_ignore"
+GROUPREF = "groupref"
+GROUPREF_IGNORE = "groupref_ignore"
 IN = "in"
 IN_IGNORE = "in_ignore"
 INDEX = "index"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     CALL,
     CATEGORY,
     CHARSET,
-    GROUP, GROUP_IGNORE,
+    GROUPREF, GROUPREF_IGNORE,
     INDEX,
     IN, IN_IGNORE,
     INFO,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
 # replacement operations for "ignore case" mode
 OP_IGNORE = {
-    GROUP: GROUP_IGNORE,
+    GROUPREF: GROUPREF_IGNORE,
     IN: IN_IGNORE,
     LITERAL: LITERAL_IGNORE,
     NOT_LITERAL: NOT_LITERAL_IGNORE
diff --git a/Lib/sre_parse.py b/Lib/sre_parse.py
index 07ab782..053335a 100644
--- a/Lib/sre_parse.py
+++ b/Lib/sre_parse.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
                 if group:
                     if (not source.next or
                         not _group(escape + source.next, state.groups)):
-                        return GROUP, group
+                        return GROUPREF, group
                     escape = escape + source.get()
                 elif source.next in OCTDIGITS:
                     escape = escape + source.get()
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
                         gid = state.groupdict.get(name)
                         if gid is None:
                             raise error, "unknown group name"
-                        subpattern.append((GROUP, gid))
+                        subpattern.append((GROUPREF, gid))
                     elif source.match("#"):
                         index = ""
                         while 1:
diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_sre b/Lib/test/output/test_sre
index 3ba209d..d949f25 100644
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_sre
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_sre
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 test_sre
 === Failed incorrectly ('^(.+)?B', 'AB', 0, 'g1', 'A')
 === Failed incorrectly ('(a+)+\\1', 'aa', 0, 'found+"-"+g1', 'aa-a')
-=== grouping error ('([^/]*/)*sub1/', 'd:msgs/tdir/sub1/trial/away.cpp', 0, 'found+"-"+g1', 'd:msgs/tdir/sub1/-tdir/') 'd:msgs/tdir/sub1/-trial/' should be 'd:msgs/tdir/sub1/-tdir/'
-=== grouping error ('([abc])*bcd', 'abcd', 0, 'found+"-"+g1', 'abcd-a') 'abcd-c' should be 'abcd-a'
-=== grouping error ('(?i)([abc])*bcd', 'ABCD', 0, 'found+"-"+g1', 'ABCD-A') 'ABCD-C' should be 'ABCD-A'
 === Failed incorrectly ('^(.+)?B', 'AB', 0, 'g1', 'A')