diff --git a/xmlwriter.c b/xmlwriter.c
index 686c99ec..4db78132 100644
--- a/xmlwriter.c
+++ b/xmlwriter.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <libxml/xmlmemory.h>
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
+#include <libxml/parserInternals.h>
 #include <libxml/uri.h>
 #include <libxml/HTMLtree.h>
 #include <libxml/SAX2.h>
@@ -4503,28 +4504,17 @@ xmlTextWriterStartDocumentCallback(void *ctx)
     xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt = (xmlParserCtxtPtr) ctx;
     xmlDocPtr doc;
 
-    if (ctxt->html) {
 #ifdef LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED
+    if (ctxt->html) {
         if (ctxt->myDoc == NULL)
             ctxt->myDoc = htmlNewDocNoDtD(NULL, NULL);
         if (ctxt->myDoc == NULL) {
-            if ((ctxt->sax != NULL) && (ctxt->sax->error != NULL))
-                ctxt->sax->error(ctxt->userData,
-                                 "SAX.startDocument(): out of memory\n");
-            ctxt->errNo = XML_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
-            ctxt->instate = XML_PARSER_EOF;
-            ctxt->disableSAX = 1;
+            xmlErrMemory(ctxt, NULL);
             return;
         }
-#else
-        xmlWriterErrMsg(NULL, XML_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                        "libxml2 built without HTML support\n");
-        ctxt->errNo = XML_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR;
-        ctxt->instate = XML_PARSER_EOF;
-        ctxt->disableSAX = 1;
-        return;
+    } else
 #endif
-    } else {
+    {
         doc = ctxt->myDoc;
         if (doc == NULL)
             doc = ctxt->myDoc = xmlNewDoc(ctxt->version);
@@ -4537,12 +4527,7 @@ xmlTextWriterStartDocumentCallback(void *ctx)
                 doc->standalone = ctxt->standalone;
             }
         } else {
-            if ((ctxt->sax != NULL) && (ctxt->sax->error != NULL))
-                ctxt->sax->error(ctxt->userData,
-                                 "SAX.startDocument(): out of memory\n");
-            ctxt->errNo = XML_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
-            ctxt->instate = XML_PARSER_EOF;
-            ctxt->disableSAX = 1;
+            xmlErrMemory(ctxt, NULL);
             return;
         }
     }