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 c2ed305dcde8..8f9295bc1269 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
@@ -84,12 +84,7 @@ public class HtmlParsing {
         xmlText = startText(xmlText);
         parseReference();
       }
-      else if (tt == XmlTokenType.XML_REAL_WHITE_SPACE) {
-        error = flushError(error);
-        xmlText = terminateText(xmlText);
-        advance();
-      }
-      else if (tt == XmlTokenType.XML_DATA_CHARACTERS) {
+      else if (tt == XmlTokenType.XML_REAL_WHITE_SPACE || tt == XmlTokenType.XML_DATA_CHARACTERS) {
         error = flushError(error);
         xmlText = startText(xmlText);
         advance();
@@ -288,9 +283,6 @@ public class HtmlParsing {
           error(XmlErrorMessages.message("xml.parsing.closing.tag.is.not.done"));
         }
         if (hasTags()) doneTag(myTagMarkersStack.peek());
-      } else if (token() == XmlTokenType.XML_REAL_WHITE_SPACE && !hasTags()) {
-        xmlText = terminateText(xmlText);
-        advance();
       } else {
         xmlText = startText(xmlText);
         advance();