diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
index 3299aaf3..6c2fb34c 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
 	fullPath := dec.getFullPath(currentNode.Child())
 	log.Debug("fullpath: %v", fullPath)
 
+	c := Context{}
+	c = c.SingleChildContext(dec.rootMap)
+
+	fullPath, err := getPathToUse(fullPath, dec, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
 	tableNodeValue := &CandidateNode{
 		Kind:    MappingNode,
 		Tag:     "!!map",
@@ -275,7 +283,6 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
 
 	var tableValue *toml.Node
 	runAgainstCurrentExp := false
-	var err error
 	hasValue := dec.parser.NextExpression()
 	// check to see if there is any table data
 	if hasValue {
@@ -292,8 +299,6 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	c := Context{}
-	c = c.SingleChildContext(dec.rootMap)
 	err = dec.d.DeeplyAssign(c, fullPath, tableNodeValue)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
@@ -324,35 +329,17 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) arrayAppend(context Context, path []interface{}, rhsNode
 }
 
 func (dec *tomlDecoder) processArrayTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
-	log.Debug("c")
+	log.Debug("Enter processArrayTable")
 	fullPath := dec.getFullPath(currentNode.Child())
 	log.Debug("Fullpath: %v", fullPath)
 
 	c := Context{}
 	c = c.SingleChildContext(dec.rootMap)
 
-	pathToCheck := fullPath
-	if len(fullPath) >= 1 {
-		pathToCheck = fullPath[:len(fullPath)-1]
-	}
-
-	// if fullPath points to an array of maps rather than a map
-	// then it should set this element into the _last_ element of that array.
-	// Because TOML. So we'll inject the last index into the path.
-	readOp := createTraversalTree(pathToCheck, traversePreferences{DontAutoCreate: true}, false)
-
-	resultContext, err := dec.d.GetMatchingNodes(c, readOp)
+	fullPath, err := getPathToUse(fullPath, dec, c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
-	if resultContext.MatchingNodes.Len() >= 1 {
-		match := resultContext.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode)
-		// path refers to an array, we need to add this to the last element in the array
-		if match.Kind == SequenceNode {
-			fullPath = append(pathToCheck, len(match.Content)-1, fullPath[len(fullPath)-1])
-			log.Debugf("Adding to end of %v array, using path: %v", pathToCheck, fullPath)
-		}
-	}
 
 	// need to use the array append exp to add another entry to
 	// this array: fullpath += [ thing ]
@@ -382,3 +369,29 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processArrayTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error)
 
 	return runAgainstCurrentExp, err
 }
+
+// if fullPath points to an array of maps rather than a map
+// then it should set this element into the _last_ element of that array.
+// Because TOML. So we'll inject the last index into the path.
+
+func getPathToUse(fullPath []interface{}, dec *tomlDecoder, c Context) ([]interface{}, error) {
+	pathToCheck := fullPath
+	if len(fullPath) >= 1 {
+		pathToCheck = fullPath[:len(fullPath)-1]
+	}
+	readOp := createTraversalTree(pathToCheck, traversePreferences{DontAutoCreate: true}, false)
+
+	resultContext, err := dec.d.GetMatchingNodes(c, readOp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if resultContext.MatchingNodes.Len() >= 1 {
+		match := resultContext.MatchingNodes.Front().Value.(*CandidateNode)
+		// path refers to an array, we need to add this to the last element in the array
+		if match.Kind == SequenceNode {
+			fullPath = append(pathToCheck, len(match.Content)-1, fullPath[len(fullPath)-1])
+			log.Debugf("Adding to end of %v array, using path: %v", pathToCheck, fullPath)
+		}
+	}
+	return fullPath, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
index 255a3c8a..c9c22f4a 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,20 @@ var emptyArrayTableThenTableExpected = `fruits:
 animals: {}
 `
 
+var arrayTableThenArray = `
+[[rootA.kidB]]
+cat = "meow"
+
+[rootA.kidB.kidC]
+dog = "bark"`
+
+var arrayTableThenArrayExpected = `rootA:
+  kidB:
+    - cat: meow
+      kidC:
+        dog: bark
+`
+
 var sampleArrayTable = `
 [owner.contact]
 name = "Tom Preston-Werner"
@@ -341,6 +355,13 @@ var tomlScenarios = []formatScenario{
 		expected:     emptyArrayTableThenTableExpected,
 		scenarioType: "decode",
 	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		description:  "Parse: Array of Array Table; then table",
+		input:        arrayTableThenArray,
+		expected:     arrayTableThenArrayExpected,
+		scenarioType: "decode",
+	},
 	{
 		description:  "Parse: Empty Table",
 		input:        emptyTable,