diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/json/internal/parser.cc b/src/google/protobuf/json/internal/parser.cc
index 80e94634ba..7b2289a433 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/json/internal/parser.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/json/internal/parser.cc
@@ -1181,14 +1181,6 @@ absl::Status ParseField(JsonLexer& lex, const Desc<Traits>& desc,
   if (absl::StartsWith(name, "[") && absl::EndsWith(name, "]")) {
     absl::string_view extn_name = name.substr(1, name.size() - 2);
     field = Traits::ExtensionByName(desc, extn_name);
-
-    auto correct_type_name = Traits::TypeName(desc);
-    if (Traits::TypeName(Traits::ContainingType(*field)) != correct_type_name) {
-      return lex.Invalid(absl::StrFormat(
-          "'%s' is a known extension name, but is not an extenion "
-          "of '%s' as expected",
-          extn_name, correct_type_name));
-    }
   } else {
     field = Traits::FieldByName(desc, name);
   }
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/json/json_test.cc b/src/google/protobuf/json/json_test.cc
index a6514667ea..3e0ad836d7 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/json/json_test.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/json/json_test.cc
@@ -1042,11 +1042,6 @@ TEST_P(JsonTest, Extensions) {
           R"("[protobuf_unittest.TestMixedFieldsAndExtensions.c]":42,)"
           R"("b":[1,2,3],)"
           R"("[protobuf_unittest.TestMixedFieldsAndExtensions.d]":[1,1,2,3,5,8,13]})"));
-
-  auto m2 = ToProto<protobuf_unittest::TestAllTypes>(R"json({
-    "[protobuf_unittest.TestMixedFieldsAndExtensions.c]": 42
-  })json");
-  EXPECT_THAT(m2, StatusIs(absl::StatusCode::kInvalidArgument));
 }
 
 // Parsing does NOT work like MergeFrom: existing repeated field values are