diff --git a/cors.go b/cors.go
index 39565ff..16efb8a 100644
--- a/cors.go
+++ b/cors.go
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ const (
 func (ch *cors) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	origin := r.Header.Get(corsOriginHeader)
 	if !ch.isOriginAllowed(origin) {
-		ch.h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		if r.Method != corsOptionMethod || ch.ignoreOptions {
+			ch.h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		}
+
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/cors_test.go b/cors_test.go
index b042d10..a797be7 100644
--- a/cors_test.go
+++ b/cors_test.go
@@ -122,6 +122,24 @@ func TestCORSHandlerOptionsRequestMustNotBePassedToNextHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCORSHandlerOptionsRequestMustNotBePassedToNextHandlerWhenOriginNotAllowed(t *testing.T) {
+	r := newRequest("OPTIONS", "http://www.example.com/")
+	r.Header.Set("Origin", r.URL.String())
+	r.Header.Set(corsRequestMethodHeader, "GET")
+
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	testHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		t.Fatal("Options request must not be passed to next handler")
+	})
+
+	CORS(AllowedOrigins([]string{}))(testHandler).ServeHTTP(rr, r)
+
+	if status := rr.Code; status != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("bad status: got %v want %v", status, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCORSHandlerAllowedMethodForPreflight(t *testing.T) {
 	r := newRequest("OPTIONS", "http://www.example.com/")
 	r.Header.Set("Origin", r.URL.String())