diff --git a/parserInternals.c b/parserInternals.c
index 41725d5..c09fc95 100644
--- a/parserInternals.c
+++ b/parserInternals.c
@@ -2250,7 +2250,7 @@
     ctxt->space = &ctxt->spaceTab[0];
 
     ctxt->sax = sax;
-    initxmlDefaultSAXHandler(sax, xmlGetWarningsDefaultValue);
+    memcpy(sax, &xmlDefaultSAXHandler, sizeof(xmlSAXHandler));
 
     ctxt->userData = ctxt;
     ctxt->myDoc = NULL;