diff --git a/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/SpellcheckingStrategy.java b/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/SpellcheckingStrategy.java
index ccdc1199f534..fa88295a75cd 100644
--- a/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/SpellcheckingStrategy.java
+++ b/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/SpellcheckingStrategy.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.injected.InjectedLanguageUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlAttributeValue;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlText;
+import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlToken;
+import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlTokenType;
 import com.intellij.spellchecker.inspections.PlainTextSplitter;
 import com.intellij.spellchecker.inspections.TextSplitter;
 import com.intellij.spellchecker.quickfixes.AcceptWordAsCorrect;
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ public class SpellcheckingStrategy {
       }
       return TEXT_TOKENIZER;
     }
+    if (element instanceof XmlToken && ((XmlToken)element).getTokenType() == XmlTokenType.XML_DATA_CHARACTERS) {
+      return TEXT_TOKENIZER;
+    }
     return EMPTY_TOKENIZER;
   }
 
diff --git a/spellchecker/testData/inspection/xmlWithMistakes/test.html b/spellchecker/testData/inspection/xmlWithMistakes/test.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4670964129ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spellchecker/testData/inspection/xmlWithMistakes/test.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<a>test</a>
+<TYPO descr="Typo: In word 'ttest'">ttest</TYPO>
+<div>test</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spellchecker/testSrc/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspection/XmlWithMistakesInspectionTest.java b/spellchecker/testSrc/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspection/XmlWithMistakesInspectionTest.java
index a212cda9aad2..18f039b21533 100644
--- a/spellchecker/testSrc/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspection/XmlWithMistakesInspectionTest.java
+++ b/spellchecker/testSrc/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspection/XmlWithMistakesInspectionTest.java
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@ public class XmlWithMistakesInspectionTest extends SpellcheckerInspectionTestCas
   public void testXml() {
     doTest("test.xml");
   }
+
+  public void testCharacterData() {
+    doTest("test.html");
+  }
 }