diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 3d949d7b..154afcd6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 * Fix a precision bug in circle pack layout (#345)
 * `GeomEdgeTile` now uses `edge_width` instead of `edge_size` for the border
+* Fix a bug in `geom_edge_parallel()` when used with edge labels. Edges are now
+  correctly offset, though label may still overlap (#227)
 
 # ggraph 2.1.0
 
diff --git a/R/geom_edge.R b/R/geom_edge.R
index 8f543ad2..f0a0fac9 100644
--- a/R/geom_edge.R
+++ b/R/geom_edge.R
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ GeomEdgeParallelPath <- ggproto('GeomEdgeParallelPath', GeomEdgePath,
                                      label_dodge = label_dodge,
                                      label_push = label_push)
     if (inherits(panel, 'gList')) {
-      panel[[1]]$sep <- (data$.position * sep)[panel[[1]]$id]
+      panel[[1]]$sep <- (data$.position[!duplicated(data$group)] * sep)[panel[[1]]$id]
       class(panel[[1]]) <- c('parallelPath', class(panel[[1]]))
     } else {
       panel$sep <- (data$.position[!duplicated(data$group)] * sep)[panel$id]