1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/html/parser.py b/Lib/html/parser.py
index 83a5825..c2c7f6b 100644
--- a/Lib/html/parser.py
+++ b/Lib/html/parser.py
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
                     i = self.updatepos(i, k)
                     continue
                 else:
+                    if ";" in rawdata[i:]: #bail by consuming &#
+                        self.handle_data(rawdata[0:2])
+                        i = self.updatepos(i, 2)
                     break
             elif startswith('&', i):
                 match = entityref.match(rawdata, i)