diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/html_sax_push_parser.c b/ext/nokogiri/html_sax_push_parser.c
index 3a739ae1d2f..af1dfd2b4fd 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/html_sax_push_parser.c
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/html_sax_push_parser.c
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 static VALUE native_write(VALUE self, VALUE _chunk, VALUE _last_chunk)
 {
   xmlParserCtxtPtr ctx;
-  const char * chunk  = NULL;
-  int size            = 0;
-
+  const char * chunk = NULL;
+  int size = 0;
+  int status = 0;
+  libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState handler_state;
 
   Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlParserCtxt, ctx);
 
@@ -20,13 +21,16 @@ static VALUE native_write(VALUE self, VALUE _chunk, VALUE _last_chunk)
     size = (int)RSTRING_LEN(_chunk);
   }
 
-  xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(NULL, NULL);
+  Nokogiri_structured_error_func_save_and_set(&handler_state, NULL, NULL);
+
+  status = htmlParseChunk(ctx, chunk, size, Qtrue == _last_chunk ? 1 : 0);
+
+  Nokogiri_structured_error_func_restore(&handler_state);
 
-  if(htmlParseChunk(ctx, chunk, size, Qtrue == _last_chunk ? 1 : 0)) {
-    if (!(ctx->options & XML_PARSE_RECOVER)) {
-      xmlErrorPtr e = xmlCtxtGetLastError(ctx);
-      Nokogiri_error_raise(NULL, e);
-    }
+  if ((status != 0) && !(ctx->options & XML_PARSE_RECOVER)) {
+    // TODO: there appear to be no tests for this block
+    xmlErrorPtr e = xmlCtxtGetLastError(ctx);
+    Nokogiri_error_raise(NULL, e);
   }
 
   return self;
diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.c b/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.c
index 0b240f05a5e..13da073da9e 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.c
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.c
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 #include <xml_syntax_error.h>
 
+void
+Nokogiri_structured_error_func_save(libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState *handler_state)
+{
+  /* this method is tightly coupled to the implementation of xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc */
+  handler_state->user_data = xmlStructuredErrorContext;
+  handler_state->handler = xmlStructuredError;
+}
+
+void
+Nokogiri_structured_error_func_save_and_set(libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState *handler_state,
+                                            void *user_data,
+                                            xmlStructuredErrorFunc handler)
+{
+  Nokogiri_structured_error_func_save(handler_state);
+  xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(user_data, handler);
+}
+
+void
+Nokogiri_structured_error_func_restore(libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState *handler_state)
+{
+  xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(handler_state->user_data, handler_state->handler);
+}
+
 void Nokogiri_error_array_pusher(void * ctx, xmlErrorPtr error)
 {
   VALUE list = (VALUE)ctx;
diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.h b/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.h
index 58475cb8529..6994cb1ff59 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.h
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.h
@@ -3,11 +3,23 @@
 
 #include <nokogiri.h>
 
+typedef struct _libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState {
+  void *user_data;
+  xmlStructuredErrorFunc handler;
+} libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState ;
+
 void init_xml_syntax_error();
+
+void Nokogiri_structured_error_func_save(libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState *handler_state);
+void Nokogiri_structured_error_func_save_and_set(libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState *handler_state,
+                                                 void *user_data,
+                                                 xmlStructuredErrorFunc handler);
+void Nokogiri_structured_error_func_restore(libxmlStructuredErrorHandlerState *handler_state);
+
 VALUE Nokogiri_wrap_xml_syntax_error(xmlErrorPtr error);
-void Nokogiri_error_array_pusher(void * ctx, xmlErrorPtr error);
-NORETURN(void Nokogiri_error_raise(void * ctx, xmlErrorPtr error));
+void Nokogiri_error_array_pusher(void *ctx, xmlErrorPtr error);
+NORETURN(void Nokogiri_error_raise(void *ctx, xmlErrorPtr error));
 
 extern VALUE cNokogiriXmlSyntaxError;
-#endif
 
+#endif /* NOKOGIRI_XML_SYNTAX_ERROR */