diff -r 2da2a96f3627 -r d12a757bb2b4 src/protocols/jabber/message.c
--- a/src/protocols/jabber/message.c	Wed Feb 16 22:14:51 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/protocols/jabber/message.c	Thu Feb 17 03:31:06 2005 +0000
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 			if(!jm->body)
 				jm->body = xmlnode_to_str(child, NULL);
 		} else if(!strcmp(child->name, "html")) {
-			if(!jm->xhtml)
+			if(!jm->xhtml && child->data_sz > 0)
 				jm->xhtml = xmlnode_to_str(child, NULL);
 		} else if(!strcmp(child->name, "error")) {
 			const char *code = xmlnode_get_attrib(child, "code");