diff --git a/decode.go b/decode.go
index 7ced1c48..9bd0dddf 100644
--- a/decode.go
+++ b/decode.go
@@ -603,7 +603,20 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(dst reflect.Value, src ast.Node) error {
 				continue
 			}
 			newFieldValue := d.createDecodableValue(fieldValue.Type())
-			if err := d.decodeValue(newFieldValue, src); err != nil {
+			err := d.decodeValue(newFieldValue, src)
+
+			if d.disallowUnknownField {
+				var ufe *unknownFieldError
+				if xerrors.As(err, &ufe) {
+					err = nil
+				}
+
+				if err = d.deleteStructKeys(fieldValue, unknownFields); err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot delete struct keys")
+				}
+			}
+
+			if err != nil {
 				if foundErr != nil {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -618,21 +631,10 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(dst reflect.Value, src ast.Node) error {
 					}
 					foundErr = te
 					continue
-				}
-
-				if d.disallowUnknownField {
-					var ufe *unknownFieldError
-					if !xerrors.As(err, &ufe) {
-						foundErr = err
-						continue
-					}
-
-					if err = d.deleteStructKeys(fieldValue, unknownFields); err != nil {
-						return errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot delete struct keys")
-					}
 				} else {
-					continue
+					foundErr = err
 				}
+				continue
 			}
 			d.setDefaultValueIfConflicted(newFieldValue, structFieldMap)
 			fieldValue.Set(d.castToAssignableValue(newFieldValue, fieldValue.Type()))
diff --git a/decode_test.go b/decode_test.go
index e7e4360a..5c830c3c 100644
--- a/decode_test.go
+++ b/decode_test.go
@@ -1233,6 +1233,37 @@ b: 1
 			t.Fatalf("v.C should be 0, got %d", v.C)
 		}
 	})
+	t.Run("list", func(t *testing.T) {
+		type C struct {
+			Child `yaml:",inline"`
+		}
+
+		var v struct {
+			Children []C `yaml:"children"`
+		}
+
+		yml := `---
+children:
+- b: 1
+- b: 2
+`
+
+		if err := yaml.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(yml), yaml.DisallowUnknownField()).Decode(&v); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf(`parsing should succeed: %s`, err)
+		}
+
+		if len(v.Children) != 2 {
+			t.Fatalf(`len(v.Children) should be 2, got %d`, len(v.Children))
+		}
+
+		if v.Children[0].B != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf(`v.Children[0].B should be 1, got %d`, v.Children[0].B)
+		}
+
+		if v.Children[1].B != 2 {
+			t.Fatalf(`v.Children[1].B should be 2, got %d`, v.Children[1].B)
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func TestDecoder_DefaultValues(t *testing.T) {