diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6c14df8c42..0bbcd38acc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Changes with Apache 2.3.3
 
+  *) mod_autoindex: Correctly create an empty cell if the description
+     for a file is missing. PR 47682 [Peter Poeml <poeml suse.de>]
+
   *) ab: Fix broken error messages after resolver or connect() failures.
      [Jeff Trawick]
 
diff --git a/modules/generators/mod_autoindex.c b/modules/generators/mod_autoindex.c
index 5eec47917b..ea0e3f99fb 100644
--- a/modules/generators/mod_autoindex.c
+++ b/modules/generators/mod_autoindex.c
@@ -1738,9 +1738,9 @@ static void output_directories(struct ent **ar, int n,
                                                         desc_width), NULL);
                     }
                 }
-            }
-            else {
-                ap_rputs("</td><td>&nbsp;", r);
+                else {
+                    ap_rputs("</td><td>&nbsp;", r);
+                }
             }
             ap_rputs("</td></tr>\n", r);
         }