diff --git a/collects/redex/private/rewrite-side-conditions.rkt b/collects/redex/private/rewrite-side-conditions.rkt
index 07830a0e3e..a1148ed799 100644
--- a/collects/redex/private/rewrite-side-conditions.rkt
+++ b/collects/redex/private/rewrite-side-conditions.rkt
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
     (define ((expect-identifier src) stx)
       (unless (identifier? stx)
         (raise-syntax-error what "expected an identifier" src stx)))
+    
+    ;; call this and discard the result to ensure that all names are at the right ellipsis depths. 
+    (extract-names all-nts what bind-names? orig-stx) 
+    
     (let loop ([term orig-stx])
       (syntax-case term (side-condition variable-except variable-prefix hole name in-hole hide-hole side-condition cross)
         [(side-condition pre-pat (and))
diff --git a/collects/redex/tests/tl-test.rkt b/collects/redex/tests/tl-test.rkt
index 77c882a146..727c4f84a7 100644
--- a/collects/redex/tests/tl-test.rkt
+++ b/collects/redex/tests/tl-test.rkt
@@ -1206,6 +1206,18 @@
                 #rx"different depths"
                 2)
   
+  (test-syn-err (redex-match
+                 grammar
+                 ((name x any) (name x any_2) ...))
+                #rx"different depths"
+                2)
+  
+  (test-syn-err (define-language bad-lang5
+                 (e ((name x any) (name x any_2) ...)))
+                #rx"different depths"
+                2)
+
+  
   (test-syn-err (reduction-relation 
                  grammar
                  (--> 1 2)