diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/HtmlCompletionContributor.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/HtmlCompletionContributor.java
index ce5652d84ce5..de19a4faaf1c 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/HtmlCompletionContributor.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/HtmlCompletionContributor.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class HtmlCompletionContributor extends CompletionContributor implements
       if ("target".equals(name) || "formtarget".equals(name)) {
         return TARGET;
       }
-      else if ("lang".equals(name) || "xml:lang".equals(name)) {
+      else if (tagName.equalsIgnoreCase("html") && ("lang".equals(name) || "xml:lang".equals(name)) ) {
         return LANG;
       }
       else if ("enctype".equals(name)) {