diff --git a/HTMLparser.c b/HTMLparser.c
index 9b12dd1..1dea794 100644
--- a/HTMLparser.c
+++ b/HTMLparser.c
@@ -6150,12 +6150,12 @@
 	int res;
 
 	res = xmlParserInputBufferPush(ctxt->input->buf, size, chunk);
+        xmlBufSetInputBaseCur(ctxt->input->buf->buffer, ctxt->input, base, cur);
 	if (res < 0) {
 	    ctxt->errNo = XML_PARSER_EOF;
 	    ctxt->disableSAX = 1;
 	    return (XML_PARSER_EOF);
 	}
-        xmlBufSetInputBaseCur(ctxt->input->buf->buffer, ctxt->input, base, cur);
 #ifdef DEBUG_PUSH
 	xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext, "HPP: pushed %d\n", size);
 #endif
diff --git a/buf.c b/buf.c
index 8ad18a1..24368d3 100644
--- a/buf.c
+++ b/buf.c
@@ -1334,8 +1334,12 @@
 int
 xmlBufSetInputBaseCur(xmlBufPtr buf, xmlParserInputPtr input,
                       size_t base, size_t cur) {
-    if ((input == NULL) || (buf == NULL) || (buf->error))
+    if (input == NULL)
         return(-1);
+    if ((buf == NULL) || (buf->error)) {
+        input->base = input->cur = input->end = BAD_CAST "";
+        return(-1);
+    }
     CHECK_COMPAT(buf)
     input->base = &buf->content[base];
     input->cur = input->base + cur;