diff --git a/render/html.c b/render/html.c
index 7db9164a3..cbda8682d 100644
--- a/render/html.c
+++ b/render/html.c
@@ -570,11 +570,8 @@ bool html_head(struct content *c, xmlNode *head)
 	xmlNode *node;
 	xmlChar *s;
 
-	for (node = head->children; node != 0; node = node->next) {
-		if (node->type != XML_ELEMENT_NODE)
-			continue;
-
-		LOG(("Node: %s", node->name));
+	for (node = xmlFirstElementChild(head); node != 0;
+			node = xmlNextElementSibling(node)) {
 		if (c->title == NULL && strcmp((const char *) node->name,
 				"title") == 0) {
 			xmlChar *title = xmlNodeGetContent(node);