diff --git a/crates/typst-html/src/convert.rs b/crates/typst-html/src/convert.rs
index def5b0431..e50d104e7 100644
--- a/crates/typst-html/src/convert.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-html/src/convert.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn handle(
             styles.chain(&style),
             Region::new(Size::splat(Abs::inf()), Axes::splat(false)),
         )?;
-        output.push(HtmlNode::Frame(HtmlFrame::new(frame, styles)));
+        output.push(HtmlNode::Frame(HtmlFrame::new(frame, styles, elem.span())));
     } else {
         engine.sink.warn(warning!(
             child.span(),
diff --git a/crates/typst-html/src/dom.rs b/crates/typst-html/src/dom.rs
index 5f40473a0..44b4f9156 100644
--- a/crates/typst-html/src/dom.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-html/src/dom.rs
@@ -338,16 +338,19 @@ pub struct HtmlFrame {
     pub id: Option<EcoString>,
     /// IDs to assign to destination jump points within the SVG.
     pub link_points: EcoVec<(Point, EcoString)>,
+    /// The span from which the frame originated.
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 impl HtmlFrame {
     /// Wraps a laid-out frame.
-    pub fn new(inner: Frame, styles: StyleChain) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(inner: Frame, styles: StyleChain, span: Span) -> Self {
         Self {
             inner,
             text_size: styles.resolve(TextElem::size),
             id: None,
             link_points: EcoVec::new(),
+            span,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/typst-html/src/encode.rs b/crates/typst-html/src/encode.rs
index 2d21109c1..35301c107 100644
--- a/crates/typst-html/src/encode.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-html/src/encode.rs
@@ -215,12 +215,9 @@ fn collect_raw_text(element: &HtmlElement) -> SourceResult<String> {
         match c {
             HtmlNode::Tag(_) => continue,
             HtmlNode::Text(text, _) => output.push_str(text),
-            HtmlNode::Element(_) | HtmlNode::Frame(_) => {
-                let span = match c {
-                    HtmlNode::Element(child) => child.span,
-                    _ => element.span,
-                };
-                bail!(span, "HTML raw text element cannot have non-text children")
+            HtmlNode::Element(HtmlElement { span, .. })
+            | HtmlNode::Frame(HtmlFrame { span, .. }) => {
+                bail!(*span, "HTML raw text element cannot have non-text children")
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/tests/suite/html/syntax.typ b/tests/suite/html/syntax.typ
index 4bda0c686..85be266e1 100644
--- a/tests/suite/html/syntax.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/html/syntax.typ
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
 #html.script(html.strong[Hello])
 
 --- html-raw-text-contains-frame html ---
-// Error: 2-29 HTML raw text element cannot have non-text children
-#html.script(html.frame[Ok])
+// Error: 14-31 HTML raw text element cannot have non-text children
+#html.script(html.frame[Hello])
 
 --- html-raw-text-contains-closing-tag html ---
 // Error: 2-32 HTML raw text element cannot contain its own closing tag