diff --git a/gen.go b/gen.go
index c572c0d5e420a7b24db35d452314448ef07560eb..8cb50c7b50353d293cdf2b21f3b5ff868c954331 100644
--- a/gen.go
+++ b/gen.go
@@ -1085,9 +1085,8 @@ func emitCborMarshalStructMap(w io.Writer, gti *GenTypeInfo) error {
 	if _, err := w.Write({{ .MapHeaderAsByteString }}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-{{ if .NeedsScratch }}
+
 	scratch := make([]byte, 9)
-{{ end }}
 `)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/testgen/main.go b/testgen/main.go
index c2d7a2e2ace99cf529b2dc86c2354e28c78e24ea..3d03ab31f3e7901f22cd1264c9a08e4311930c92 100644
--- a/testgen/main.go
+++ b/testgen/main.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	if err := cbg.WriteMapEncodersToFile("testing/cbor_map_gen.go", "testing",
 		types.SimpleTypeTree{},
+		types.NeedScratchForMap{},
 	); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/testing/cbor_map_gen.go b/testing/cbor_map_gen.go
index 1016c5de9e123c69e778af702ef3c4f50147b5a9..1009d6fc0523e78355df009d6486d0a9c4e3b708 100644
--- a/testing/cbor_map_gen.go
+++ b/testing/cbor_map_gen.go
@@ -408,3 +408,91 @@ func (t *SimpleTypeTree) UnmarshalCBOR(r io.Reader) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+func (t *NeedScratchForMap) MarshalCBOR(w io.Writer) error {
+	if t == nil {
+		_, err := w.Write(cbg.CborNull)
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := w.Write([]byte{161}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scratch := make([]byte, 9)
+
+	// t.Thing (bool) (bool)
+	if len("Thing") > cbg.MaxLength {
+		return xerrors.Errorf("Value in field \"Thing\" was too long")
+	}
+
+	if err := cbg.WriteMajorTypeHeaderBuf(scratch, w, cbg.MajTextString, uint64(len("Thing"))); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(w, string("Thing")); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := cbg.WriteBool(w, t.Thing); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *NeedScratchForMap) UnmarshalCBOR(r io.Reader) error {
+	*t = NeedScratchForMap{}
+
+	br := cbg.GetPeeker(r)
+	scratch := make([]byte, 8)
+
+	maj, extra, err := cbg.CborReadHeaderBuf(br, scratch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if maj != cbg.MajMap {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cbor input should be of type map")
+	}
+
+	if extra > cbg.MaxLength {
+		return fmt.Errorf("NeedScratchForMap: map struct too large (%d)", extra)
+	}
+
+	var name string
+	n := extra
+
+	for i := uint64(0); i < n; i++ {
+
+		{
+			sval, err := cbg.ReadStringBuf(br, scratch)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			name = string(sval)
+		}
+
+		switch name {
+		// t.Thing (bool) (bool)
+		case "Thing":
+
+			maj, extra, err = cbg.CborReadHeaderBuf(br, scratch)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if maj != cbg.MajOther {
+				return fmt.Errorf("booleans must be major type 7")
+			}
+			switch extra {
+			case 20:
+				t.Thing = false
+			case 21:
+				t.Thing = true
+			default:
+				return fmt.Errorf("booleans are either major type 7, value 20 or 21 (got %d)", extra)
+			}
+
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unknown struct field %d: '%s'", i, name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/testing/roundtrip_test.go b/testing/roundtrip_test.go
index b506ff525142785693b23820dced5c608f053c65..642e539b6392d653c3c91e889089d9cb034b6f38 100644
--- a/testing/roundtrip_test.go
+++ b/testing/roundtrip_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ func TestSimpleTypeTree(t *testing.T) {
 	testTypeRoundtrips(t, reflect.TypeOf(SimpleTypeTree{}))
 }
 
+func TestNeedScratchForMap(t *testing.T) {
+	testTypeRoundtrips(t, reflect.TypeOf(NeedScratchForMap{}))
+}
+
 func testValueRoundtrip(t *testing.T, obj cbg.CBORMarshaler, nobj cbg.CBORUnmarshaler) {
 
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
diff --git a/testing/types.go b/testing/types.go
index aa3a993ba646c275e538e400b3cf2504e8a316c3..623ac6045c0d458731621e0072146ee72175316b 100644
--- a/testing/types.go
+++ b/testing/types.go
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ type FixedArrays struct {
 	Uint8  [20]uint8
 	Uint64 [20]uint64
 }
+
+// Do not add fields to this type.
+type NeedScratchForMap struct {
+	Thing bool
+}