diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-go-fieldpath/generator.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-go-fieldpath/generator.go
index 2aa6a8cb3..73f1c6fed 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-go-fieldpath/generator.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-go-fieldpath/generator.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (gen *generator) genFieldMethod(m *protogen.Message) {
 }
 
 func isMessageField(f *protogen.Field) bool {
-	return f.Desc.Kind() == protoreflect.MessageKind && f.GoIdent.GoName != "Timestamp"
+	return f.Desc.Kind() == protoreflect.MessageKind && f.Desc.Cardinality() != protoreflect.Repeated && f.Message.GoIdent.GoName != "Timestamp"
 }
 
 func isLabelsField(f *protogen.Field) bool {
@@ -138,17 +138,50 @@ func isLabelsField(f *protogen.Field) bool {
 }
 
 func isAnyField(f *protogen.Field) bool {
-	return f.Desc.Kind() == protoreflect.MessageKind && f.GoIdent.GoName == "Any"
+	return f.Desc.Kind() == protoreflect.MessageKind && f.Message.GoIdent.GoName == "Any"
+}
+
+func collectChildlen(parent *protogen.Message) ([]*protogen.Message, error) {
+	var children []*protogen.Message
+	for _, child := range parent.Messages {
+		if child.Desc.IsMapEntry() {
+			continue
+		}
+		children = append(children, child)
+
+		xs, err := collectChildlen(child)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		children = append(children, xs...)
+	}
+	return children, nil
 }
 
 func generate(plugin *protogen.Plugin, input *protogen.File) error {
+	var messages []*protogen.Message
+	for _, m := range input.Messages {
+		messages = append(messages, m)
+		children, err := collectChildlen(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		messages = append(messages, children...)
+	}
+
+	if len(messages) == 0 {
+		// Don't generate a Go file, if that would be empty.
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	file := plugin.NewGeneratedFile(input.GeneratedFilenamePrefix+"_fieldpath.pb.go", input.GoImportPath)
 	file.P("// Code generated by protoc-gen-go-fieldpath. DO NOT EDIT.")
 	file.P("// source: ", input.Desc.Path())
 	file.P("package ", input.GoPackageName)
 
 	gen := newGenerator(file)
-	for _, m := range input.Messages {
+
+	for _, m := range messages {
 		gen.genFieldMethod(m)
 	}
 	return nil