diff --git a/unstructured/partition/html/transformations.py b/unstructured/partition/html/transformations.py
index 6006cf9905..310e26cc50 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/html/transformations.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/html/transformations.py
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ def parse_html_to_ontology(html_code: str) -> ontology.OntologyElement:
 def remove_empty_divs_from_html_content(html_content: str) -> str:
     soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, "html.parser")
     divs = soup.find_all("div")
-    for div in reversed(divs):
-        if not div.attrs:
-            div.unwrap()
+    divs_to_unwrap = [div for div in divs if not div.attrs]
+    for div in reversed(divs_to_unwrap):
+        div.unwrap()
     return str(soup)