diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/lexer/HtmlHighlightingLexer.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/lexer/HtmlHighlightingLexer.java
index 2d5a342bb5da..5a44c3f60eaf 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/lexer/HtmlHighlightingLexer.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/lexer/HtmlHighlightingLexer.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public class HtmlHighlightingLexer extends BaseHtmlLexer {
       embeddedLexer.start(buffer,startOffset,skipToTheEndOfTheEmbeddment(),state);
     } else {
       embeddedLexer = null;
+      scriptLexer = null;
     }
   }