diff --git a/addon/edit/continuelist.js b/addon/edit/continuelist.js
index 30893965feebec7b4447a91488f84a03380ceb45..b83dc505ff56cb9e369c7ca822e25be5a47c0160 100644
--- a/addon/edit/continuelist.js
+++ b/addon/edit/continuelist.js
@@ -39,13 +39,11 @@
         replacements[i] = "\n";
       } else {
         var indent = match[1], after = match[5];
-        var bullet = unorderedListRE.test(match[2]) || match[2].indexOf(">") >= 0
-          ? match[2].replace("x", " ")
-          : (parseInt(match[3], 10) + 1) + match[4];
-
+        var numbered = !(unorderedListRE.test(match[2]) || match[2].indexOf(">") >= 0);
+        var bullet = numbered ? (parseInt(match[3], 10) + 1) + match[4] : match[2].replace("x", " ");
         replacements[i] = "\n" + indent + bullet + after;
 
-        incrementRemainingMarkdownListNumbers(cm, pos);
+        if (numbered) incrementRemainingMarkdownListNumbers(cm, pos);
       }
     }