diff --git a/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/multiline.js b/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/multiline.js
index 2c8584a8c..a81a86dc5 100644
--- a/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/multiline.js
+++ b/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/multiline.js
@@ -571,7 +571,10 @@ MathJax.Hub.Register.StartupHook("HTML-CSS Jax Ready",function () {
     
     HTMLmoveLine: function (start,end,span,state,values) {
       var SPAN = this.HTMLspanElement(), data = SPAN.bbox, base = data,
-          stack = SPAN.firstChild, box = stack.firstChild, dx, BOX = {};
+          stack = SPAN.firstChild,dx, BOX = {};
+      if (HTMLCSS.msiePaddingWidthBug) {stack = stack.nextSibling}
+      var box = stack.firstChild;
+      
       //
       //  Get the boxes for the scripts (if any)
       //
diff --git a/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/jax.js b/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/jax.js
index 71aca8a81..ccb64156c 100644
--- a/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/jax.js
+++ b/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/jax.js
@@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@
           //  (TeXBook pg 150 and Appendix G rule 15e)
           //
           var space = HTMLCSS.TeX.nulldelimiterspace * this.mscale;
-          var style = span.firstChild.style;
+          var style = span.childNodes[HTMLCSS.msiePaddingWidthBug ? 1 : 0].style;
           style.marginLeft = style.marginRight = HTMLCSS.Em(space);
           span.bbox.w += 2*space; span.bbox.r += 2*space;
 	}