diff --git a/src/_pytest/main.py b/src/_pytest/main.py
index 8d898426c..e47752f91 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/main.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/main.py
@@ -764,15 +764,16 @@ class Session(nodes.FSCollector):
                 rep = collect_one_node(node)
                 self._collection_node_cache3[key] = rep
             if rep.passed:
-                has_matched = False
+                submatching = []
                 for x in rep.result:
                     # TODO: Remove parametrized workaround once collection structure contains parametrization.
                     if x.name == names[0] or x.name.split("[")[0] == names[0]:
-                        result.extend(self.matchnodes([x], names[1:]))
-                        has_matched = True
+                        submatching.append(x)
+                if submatching:
+                    result.extend(self.matchnodes(submatching, names[1:]))
                 # XXX Accept IDs that don't have "()" for class instances.
-                if not has_matched and len(rep.result) == 1 and x.name == "()":
-                    result.extend(self.matchnodes([x], names))
+                elif len(rep.result) == 1 and rep.result[0].name == "()":
+                    result.extend(self.matchnodes(rep.result, names))
             else:
                 # Report collection failures here to avoid failing to run some test
                 # specified in the command line because the module could not be