diff --git a/lib/router.js b/lib/router.js
index 947f250..8d7aa31 100644
--- a/lib/router.js
+++ b/lib/router.js
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Router.prototype.routes = Router.prototype.middleware = function () {
 
     if (matched.pathAndMethod.length) {
       i = matched.pathAndMethod.length;
-      while (i--) {
+      while (matched.route && i--) {
         layer = matched.pathAndMethod[i];
         ii = layer.stack.length;
         this.captures = layer.captures(path, this.captures);
@@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ Router.prototype.match = function (path, method) {
   var layer;
   var matched = {
     path: [],
-    pathAndMethod: []
+    pathAndMethod: [],
+    route: false
   };
 
   for (var len = layers.length, i = 0; i < len; i++) {
@@ -600,8 +601,9 @@ Router.prototype.match = function (path, method) {
     if (layer.match(path)) {
       matched.path.push(layer);
 
-      if (!layer.methods.length || ~layer.methods.indexOf(method)) {
+      if (layer.methods.length === 0 || ~layer.methods.indexOf(method)) {
         matched.pathAndMethod.push(layer);
+        if (layer.methods.length) matched.route = true;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/lib/router.js b/test/lib/router.js
index 277994a..dbdd6c4 100644
--- a/test/lib/router.js
+++ b/test/lib/router.js
@@ -57,6 +57,33 @@ describe('Router', function() {
       });
   });
 
+  it('matches middleware only if route was matched (gh-182)', function (done) {
+    var app = koa();
+    var router = new Router();
+    var otherRouter = new Router();
+
+    router.use(function *(next) {
+      this.body = { bar: 'baz' };
+      yield next;
+    });
+
+    otherRouter.get('/bar', function *(next) {
+      this.body = this.body || { foo: 'bar' };
+    });
+
+    app.use(router.routes()).use(otherRouter.routes());
+
+    request(http.createServer(app.callback()))
+      .get('/bar')
+      .expect(200)
+      .end(function (err, res) {
+        if (err) return done(err);
+        expect(res.body).to.have.property('foo', 'bar');
+        expect(res.body).to.not.have.property('bar');
+        done();
+      })
+  });
+
   it('matches first to last', function (done) {
     var app = koa();
     var router = new Router();