diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TableCellBox.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TableCellBox.cpp
index 197fe59b87..b1863ee459 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TableCellBox.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TableCellBox.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ TableCellBox::~TableCellBox()
 size_t TableCellBox::colspan() const
 {
     if (!dom_node())
-        return 0;
+        return 1;
     return downcast<DOM::Element>(*dom_node()).attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::colspan).to_uint().value_or(1);
 }