diff --git a/ts/linkPreviews/linkPreviewFetch.ts b/ts/linkPreviews/linkPreviewFetch.ts
index 9dc038d30ff4..97e0de7bce44 100644
--- a/ts/linkPreviews/linkPreviewFetch.ts
+++ b/ts/linkPreviews/linkPreviewFetch.ts
@@ -290,8 +290,6 @@ const getHtmlDocument = async (
   abortSignal: AbortSignal,
   logger: Pick<LoggerType, 'warn'> = log
 ): Promise<HTMLDocument> => {
-  let result: HTMLDocument = emptyHtmlDocument();
-
   const buffer = new Uint8Array(MAX_HTML_BYTES_TO_LOAD);
   let bytesLoadedSoFar = 0;
 
@@ -313,8 +311,6 @@ const getHtmlDocument = async (
       buffer.set(truncatedChunk, bytesLoadedSoFar);
       bytesLoadedSoFar += truncatedChunk.byteLength;
 
-      result = parseHtmlBytes(buffer.slice(0, bytesLoadedSoFar), httpCharset);
-
       const hasLoadedMaxBytes = bytesLoadedSoFar >= buffer.length;
       if (hasLoadedMaxBytes) {
         break;
@@ -326,6 +322,7 @@ const getHtmlDocument = async (
     );
   }
 
+  const result = parseHtmlBytes(buffer.slice(0, bytesLoadedSoFar), httpCharset);
   return result;
 };