diff --git a/src/Paragraph.cpp b/src/Paragraph.cpp
index cf7c7145d4..8b3a72328d 100644
--- a/src/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -2446,7 +2446,7 @@ docstring Paragraph::simpleLyXHTMLOnePar(Buffer const & buf,
 				}
 				else
 					str += c;
-				xs << str;
+				xs << XHTMLStream::NextRaw() << str;
 			} else
 				xs << c;
 		}