diff --git a/docx/text/insrun.py b/docx/text/insrun.py
index b8a3d71dd..7d809ae3e 100644
--- a/docx/text/insrun.py
+++ b/docx/text/insrun.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def rpr(self, value):
 
     @property
     def all_runs(self):
-        return [Run(r, self) for r in self._i.xpath('./w:r')]
+        return [Run(r, self) for r in self._i.xpath('.//w:r')]
 
 
 class _Text(object):