diff --git a/extra/html/parser/parser-tests.factor b/extra/html/parser/parser-tests.factor
index 25251159b1..ca276fc54e 100644
--- a/extra/html/parser/parser-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/html/parser/parser-tests.factor
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ V{
             { "foo" "bar" }
             { "href" "http://factorcode.org/" }
             { "baz" "quux" }
-            { "nofollow" f }
+            { "nofollow" "nofollow" }
         } f f }
 }
 ] [ "<a   href  =    \"http://factorcode.org/\"    nofollow  foo   =  bar baz='quux'a=pirsqd  >" parse-html ] unit-test
diff --git a/extra/html/parser/parser.factor b/extra/html/parser/parser.factor
index 4aae6a25c4..61315a4925 100644
--- a/extra/html/parser/parser.factor
+++ b/extra/html/parser/parser.factor
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ SYMBOL: tagstack
 : parse-key/value ( state-parser -- key value )
     [ read-key >lower ]
     [ skip-whitespace "=" take-sequence ]
-    [ swap [ read-value ] [ drop f ] if ] tri ;
+    [ swap [ read-value ] [ drop dup ] if ] tri ;
 
 : (parse-attributes) ( state-parser -- )
     skip-whitespace