diff --git a/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/xml/util/HtmlUtil.java b/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/xml/util/HtmlUtil.java
index eacc4e999118..4fa16177bf86 100644
--- a/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/xml/util/HtmlUtil.java
+++ b/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/xml/util/HtmlUtil.java
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public class HtmlUtil {
   }
 
   public static boolean isHtmlTag(@NotNull XmlTag tag) {
-    if (tag.getLanguage() == XHTMLLanguage.INSTANCE) return false;
+    if (tag.getLanguage() != HTMLLanguage.INSTANCE) return false;
 
     XmlDocument doc = PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(tag, XmlDocument.class);