diff --git a/src/document/html/parser.c b/src/document/html/parser.c
index 4b309a52f..976bd66c7 100644
--- a/src/document/html/parser.c
+++ b/src/document/html/parser.c
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ put_chrs(struct html_context *html_context, char *start, int len)
 
 	if (isspace(start[len - 1]) && !html_is_preformatted()) {
 		html_context->putsp = HTML_SPACE_SUPPRESS;
-		if (len == 1) return;
 	}
 	html_context->was_br = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/document/xml/tags.c b/src/document/xml/tags.c
index b2532da82..6085b744b 100644
--- a/src/document/xml/tags.c
+++ b/src/document/xml/tags.c
@@ -4675,6 +4675,7 @@ end_element_2(struct element_info2 *ei, struct source_renderer *renderer, void *
 	int lnb = 0;
 	int kill = 0;
 
+	html_context->putsp = HTML_SPACE_ADD;
 	html_context->was_br = 0;
 
 	/* If this was a non-pairable tag or an <li>; perform no further