diff --git a/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/html/HtmlParsing.java b/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/html/HtmlParsing.java
index 55ab6d28fdd8..82c1dff7aabb 100644
--- a/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/html/HtmlParsing.java
+++ b/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/html/HtmlParsing.java
@@ -449,12 +449,16 @@ public class HtmlParsing {
     advance();
     while (true) {
       final IElementType tt = token();
-      if (tt == XmlTokenType.XML_COMMENT_CHARACTERS || tt == XmlTokenType.XML_CHAR_ENTITY_REF || tt == XmlTokenType.XML_CONDITIONAL_COMMENT_START
+      if (tt == XmlTokenType.XML_COMMENT_CHARACTERS || tt == XmlTokenType.XML_CONDITIONAL_COMMENT_START
         || tt == XmlTokenType.XML_CONDITIONAL_COMMENT_START_END || tt == XmlTokenType.XML_CONDITIONAL_COMMENT_END_START
         || tt == XmlTokenType.XML_CONDITIONAL_COMMENT_END) {
         advance();
         continue;
       }
+      if (tt == XmlTokenType.XML_ENTITY_REF_TOKEN || tt == XmlTokenType.XML_CHAR_ENTITY_REF) {
+        parseReference();
+        continue;
+      }
       if (tt == XmlTokenType.XML_BAD_CHARACTER) {
         final PsiBuilder.Marker error = mark();
         advance();