diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6f0df291..ec60c065 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 *   Bug fixes:
     - Don't highlight superscript/subscript in math inline/block [GH-802][]
+    - Fix table alignment when a column has a seperator in code block [GH-817][]
 
 *   Improvements:
     - Apply url-unescape against URL in an inline link [GH-805][]
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
   [gh-802]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/802
   [gh-804]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/804
   [gh-805]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/805
+  [gh-817]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/817
 
 # Markdown Mode 2.6
 
diff --git a/markdown-mode.el b/markdown-mode.el
index 0771060c..f1aee9d1 100644
--- a/markdown-mode.el
+++ b/markdown-mode.el
@@ -9300,16 +9300,17 @@ This function assumes point is on a table."
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (let ((cur (point))
           ret)
-      (while (re-search-forward "\\s-*\\(|\\)\\s-*" nil t)
-        (if (markdown--first-column-p (match-beginning 1))
-            (setq cur (match-end 0))
-          (cond ((eql (char-before (match-beginning 1)) ?\\)
-                 ;; keep spaces
-                 (goto-char (match-end 1)))
-                ((markdown--thing-at-wiki-link (match-beginning 1))) ;; do nothing
-                (t
-                 (push (buffer-substring-no-properties cur (match-beginning 0)) ret)
-                 (setq cur (match-end 0))))))
+      (while (and (re-search-forward "\\s-*\\(|\\)\\s-*" nil t))
+        (when (not (markdown--face-p (match-beginning 1) '(markdown-inline-code-face)))
+          (if (markdown--first-column-p (match-beginning 1))
+              (setq cur (match-end 0))
+            (cond ((eql (char-before (match-beginning 1)) ?\\)
+                   ;; keep spaces
+                   (goto-char (match-end 1)))
+                  ((markdown--thing-at-wiki-link (match-beginning 1))) ;; do nothing
+                  (t
+                   (push (buffer-substring-no-properties cur (match-beginning 0)) ret)
+                   (setq cur (match-end 0)))))))
       (when (< cur (length line))
         (push (buffer-substring-no-properties cur (point-max)) ret))
       (nreverse ret))))
diff --git a/tests/markdown-test.el b/tests/markdown-test.el
index 0abcbc94..8d68269f 100644
--- a/tests/markdown-test.el
+++ b/tests/markdown-test.el
@@ -7379,6 +7379,21 @@ title: asdasdasd
 | aaa | bbbb | ccccc | dddddd |
 "))))
 
+(ert-deftest test-markdown-table/align-with-seperator-in-inline-code ()
+  "Test table realignment when separator is in inline code.
+Detail: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/817"
+  (markdown-test-string "| `<|--` | Inheritance   |
+| `..|>` | Realization   |
+"
+    (let ((columns (markdown--table-line-to-columns
+                    (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))))
+      (should (equal columns '("`<|--`" "Inheritance"))))
+
+    (forward-line)
+    (let ((columns (markdown--table-line-to-columns
+                    (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))))
+      (should (equal columns '("`..|>`" "Realization"))))))
+
 (ert-deftest test-markdown-table/disable-table-align ()
   "Test disable table alignment."
   (let ((input "| 12345 | 6 |