1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man_html.c b/man_html.c
index 733a9720..6104f7c3 100644
--- a/man_html.c
+++ b/man_html.c
@@ -414,8 +414,9 @@ man_br_pre(MAN_ARGS)
 	SCALE_VS_INIT(&su, 1);
 
 	if (MAN_sp == n->tok) {
-		if (n->child)
-			a2roffsu(n->child->string, &su, SCALE_VS);
+		if (NULL != (n = n->child))
+			if ( ! a2roffsu(n->string, &su, SCALE_VS))
+				SCALE_VS_INIT(&su, atoi(n->string));
 	} else
 		su.scale = 0;