diff --git a/lisp/net/shr.el b/lisp/net/shr.el
index 59326de64dd..f32dc651d49 100644
--- a/lisp/net/shr.el
+++ b/lisp/net/shr.el
@@ -374,12 +374,11 @@ size, and full-buffer size."
   "Transform the shr DOM back into the libxml DOM."
   (let ((tag (car dom))
 	(attributes nil)
-	(text nil)
 	(sub-nodes nil))
     (dolist (elem (cdr dom))
       (cond
        ((eq (car elem) 'text)
-	(setq text (cdr elem)))
+	(push (cdr elem) sub-nodes))
        ((not (consp (cdr elem)))
 	(push (cons (intern (substring (symbol-name (car elem)) 1) obarray)
 		    (cdr elem))
@@ -387,8 +386,7 @@ size, and full-buffer size."
        (t
 	(push (shr-retransform-dom elem) sub-nodes))))
     (append (list tag (nreverse attributes))
-	    (nreverse sub-nodes)
-	    (and text (list text)))))
+	    (nreverse sub-nodes))))
 
 (defsubst shr-generic (cont)
   (dolist (sub cont)