diff --git a/cronexpr_parse.go b/cronexpr_parse.go
index 2a0e5bc..a1ab438 100644
--- a/cronexpr_parse.go
+++ b/cronexpr_parse.go
@@ -411,6 +411,17 @@ func genericFieldParse(s string, desc fieldDescriptor) ([]*cronDirective, error)
 			send: indices[i][1],
 		}
 		snormal := strings.ToLower(s[indices[i][0]:indices[i][1]])
+
+		// `*/2`
+		pairs := makeLayoutRegexp(layoutWildcardAndInterval, desc.valuePattern).FindStringSubmatchIndex(snormal)
+		if len(pairs) > 0 {
+			directive.kind = span
+			directive.first = desc.min
+			directive.last = desc.max
+			directive.step = atoi(snormal[pairs[2]:pairs[3]])
+			directives = append(directives, &directive)
+			continue
+		}
 		// `*`
 		if makeLayoutRegexp(layoutWildcard, desc.valuePattern).MatchString(snormal) {
 			directive.kind = all
@@ -428,7 +439,7 @@ func genericFieldParse(s string, desc fieldDescriptor) ([]*cronDirective, error)
 			continue
 		}
 		// `5-20`
-		pairs := makeLayoutRegexp(layoutRange, desc.valuePattern).FindStringSubmatchIndex(snormal)
+		pairs = makeLayoutRegexp(layoutRange, desc.valuePattern).FindStringSubmatchIndex(snormal)
 		if len(pairs) > 0 {
 			directive.kind = span
 			directive.first = desc.atoi(snormal[pairs[2]:pairs[3]])
@@ -437,16 +448,6 @@ func genericFieldParse(s string, desc fieldDescriptor) ([]*cronDirective, error)
 			directives = append(directives, &directive)
 			continue
 		}
-		// `*/2`
-		pairs = makeLayoutRegexp(layoutWildcardAndInterval, desc.valuePattern).FindStringSubmatchIndex(snormal)
-		if len(pairs) > 0 {
-			directive.kind = span
-			directive.first = desc.min
-			directive.last = desc.max
-			directive.step = atoi(snormal[pairs[2]:pairs[3]])
-			directives = append(directives, &directive)
-			continue
-		}
 		// `5/2`
 		pairs = makeLayoutRegexp(layoutValueAndInterval, desc.valuePattern).FindStringSubmatchIndex(snormal)
 		if len(pairs) > 0 {
diff --git a/cronexpr_test.go b/cronexpr_test.go
index 20c75c3..b729170 100644
--- a/cronexpr_test.go
+++ b/cronexpr_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ var crontests = []crontest{
 		},
 	},
 
+	// every 5 Second
+	{
+		"*/5 * * * * * *",
+		"2006-01-02 15:04:05",
+		[]crontimes{
+			{"2013-01-01 00:00:00", "2013-01-01 00:00:05"},
+			{"2013-01-01 00:00:59", "2013-01-01 00:01:00"},
+			{"2013-01-01 00:59:59", "2013-01-01 01:00:00"},
+			{"2013-01-01 23:59:59", "2013-01-02 00:00:00"},
+			{"2013-02-28 23:59:59", "2013-03-01 00:00:00"},
+			{"2016-02-28 23:59:59", "2016-02-29 00:00:00"},
+			{"2012-12-31 23:59:59", "2013-01-01 00:00:00"},
+		},
+	},
+
 	// Minutes
 	{
 		"* * * * *",
@@ -246,6 +261,29 @@ func TestNextN(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNextN_every5min(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := []string{
+		"Mon, 2 Sep 2013 08:45:00",
+		"Mon, 2 Sep 2013 08:50:00",
+		"Mon, 2 Sep 2013 08:55:00",
+		"Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:00:00",
+		"Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:05:00",
+	}
+	from, _ := time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", "2013-09-02 08:44:32")
+	result := cronexpr.MustParse("*/5 * * * *").NextN(from, uint(len(expected)))
+	if len(result) != len(expected) {
+		t.Errorf(`MustParse("*/5 * * * *").NextN("2013-09-02 08:44:30", 5):\n"`)
+		t.Errorf(`  Expected %d returned time values but got %d instead`, len(expected), len(result))
+	}
+	for i, next := range result {
+		nextStr := next.Format("Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:04:05")
+		if nextStr != expected[i] {
+		t.Errorf(`MustParse("*/5 * * * *").NextN("2013-09-02 08:44:30", 5):\n"`)
+			t.Errorf(`  result[%d]: expected "%s" but got "%s"`, i, expected[i], nextStr)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 var benchmarkExpressions = []string{