diff --git a/anki/latex.py b/anki/latex.py
index 917cbcafd..062adfcb1 100644
--- a/anki/latex.py
+++ b/anki/latex.py
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ def _imgLink(col, latex, model):
 
 def _latexFromHtml(col, latex):
     "Convert entities and fix newlines."
-    # entitydefs defines nbsp as \xa0 instead of a standard space, so we
-    # replace it first
-    latex = latex.replace(" ", " ")
     latex = re.sub("<br( /)?>|<div>", "\n", latex)
     latex = re.sub("<.+?>", "", latex)
     latex = stripHTML(latex)
diff --git a/anki/utils.py b/anki/utils.py
index 3315225fd..dbb9c91ae 100644
--- a/anki/utils.py
+++ b/anki/utils.py
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ def minimizeHTML(s):
     return s
 
 def entsToTxt(html):
+    # entitydefs defines nbsp as \xa0 instead of a standard space, so we
+    # replace it first
+    html = html.replace("&nbsp;", " ")
     def fixup(m):
         text = m.group(0)
         if text[:2] == "&#":