diff --git a/Lib/HTMLParser.py b/Lib/HTMLParser.py
index f26d09c49e9..8380466e337 100644
--- a/Lib/HTMLParser.py
+++ b/Lib/HTMLParser.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ locatestarttagend = re.compile(r"""
         (?:'[^']*'                   # LITA-enclosed value
           |\"[^\"]*\"                # LIT-enclosed value
           |[^'\">\s]+                # bare value
-         )?
+         )
        )?
      )
    )*