diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 79b46c0..54159d3 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -9477,6 +9477,7 @@
     ctxt = xmlCreateEntityParserCtxt(URL, ID, NULL);
     if (ctxt == NULL) return(-1);
     ctxt->userData = ctxt;
+    ctxt->_private = ctx->_private;
     oldsax = ctxt->sax;
     ctxt->sax = ctx->sax;
     newDoc = xmlNewDoc(BAD_CAST "1.0");