diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
index 1b48ce622b1f..dfc5373886a6 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> DocFolder for InvalidHtmlTagsLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
             Some(hir_id) => hir_id,
             None => {
                 // If non-local, no need to check anything.
-                return None;
+                return self.fold_item_recur(item);
             }
         };
         let dox = item.attrs.collapsed_doc_value().unwrap_or_default();
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
index 3819aaee5600..a32fb10a6a78 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ pub const DEFAULT_PASSES: &[ConditionalPass] = &[
     ConditionalPass::new(STRIP_PRIV_IMPORTS, WhenDocumentPrivate),
     ConditionalPass::always(COLLECT_INTRA_DOC_LINKS),
     ConditionalPass::always(CHECK_CODE_BLOCK_SYNTAX),
-    ConditionalPass::always(PROPAGATE_DOC_CFG),
     ConditionalPass::always(CHECK_INVALID_HTML_TAGS),
+    ConditionalPass::always(PROPAGATE_DOC_CFG),
 ];
 
 /// The list of default passes run when `--doc-coverage` is passed to rustdoc.