diff --git a/src/mathed/MathExtern.cpp b/src/mathed/MathExtern.cpp
index 8d1df06f77..d59c572117 100644
--- a/src/mathed/MathExtern.cpp
+++ b/src/mathed/MathExtern.cpp
@@ -957,8 +957,8 @@ void extractStructure(MathData & ar, ExternalMath kind)
 		extractSums(ar);
 	extractNumbers(ar);
 	extractMatrices(ar);
-	extractFunctions(ar, kind);
 	if (kind != MATHML && kind != HTML) {
+		extractFunctions(ar, kind);
 		extractDets(ar);
 		extractDiff(ar);
 		extractExps(ar);
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index 5c9800538c..302c4d1175 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix problem with XHTML output of captions with listings (bug 8604).
 
+- Fix problem with HTML output of simple formulas like "y[i]" (bug 8609).
+
 
 * USER INTERFACE