diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index 89881822ca..f2710ea168 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public static function addHtml($element, $html, $fullHTML = false, $preserveWhit
         }
 
         // Load DOM
-        libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        $orignalLibEntityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
         $dom = new \DOMDocument();
         $dom->preserveWhiteSpace = $preserveWhiteSpace;
         $dom->loadXML($html);
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public static function addHtml($element, $html, $fullHTML = false, $preserveWhit
         $node = $dom->getElementsByTagName('body');
 
         self::parseNode($node->item(0), $element);
+        libxml_disable_entity_loader($orignalLibEntityLoader);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 0f685bc45b..7efc0f1ac8 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ protected function readPartWithRels($fileName)
      */
     protected function transformSingleXml($xml, $xsltProcessor)
     {
-        libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        $orignalLibEntityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
         $domDocument = new \DOMDocument();
         if (false === $domDocument->loadXML($xml)) {
             throw new Exception('Could not load the given XML document.');
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ protected function transformSingleXml($xml, $xsltProcessor)
         if (false === $transformedXml) {
             throw new Exception('Could not transform the given XML document.');
         }
+        libxml_disable_entity_loader($orignalLibEntityLoader);
 
         return $transformedXml;
     }
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/_includes/XmlDocument.php b/tests/PhpWord/_includes/XmlDocument.php
index f51eaad82c..3a7869bcea 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/_includes/XmlDocument.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/_includes/XmlDocument.php
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ public function getFileDom($file = 'word/document.xml')
         $this->file = $file;
 
         $file = $this->path . '/' . $file;
-        libxml_disable_entity_loader(false);
+        $orignalLibEntityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(false);
         $this->dom = new \DOMDocument();
         $this->dom->load($file);
-        libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        libxml_disable_entity_loader($orignalLibEntityLoader);
 
         return $this->dom;
     }