diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 39d391b1..3de828bd 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -9719,9 +9719,11 @@ xmlParseEndTag2(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, const xmlChar *prefix,
     if ((tlen > 0) && (xmlStrncmp(ctxt->input->cur, ctxt->name, tlen) == 0)) {
         if (ctxt->input->cur[tlen] == '>') {
 	    ctxt->input->cur += tlen + 1;
+	    ctxt->input->col += tlen + 1;
 	    goto done;
 	}
 	ctxt->input->cur += tlen;
+	ctxt->input->col += tlen;
 	name = (xmlChar*)1;
     } else {
 	if (prefix == NULL)