diff -Naur a/tree.c b/tree.c
--- a/tree.c	2023-10-13 11:54:20.649358250 +0800
+++ b/tree.c	2023-10-13 11:49:51.522272604 +0800
@@ -4370,29 +4370,28 @@
 xmlStaticCopyNodeList(xmlNodePtr node, xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr parent) {
     xmlNodePtr ret = NULL;
     xmlNodePtr p = NULL,q;
+    xmlDtdPtr newSubset = NULL;
 
     while (node != NULL) {
-#ifdef LIBXML_TREE_ENABLED
 	if (node->type == XML_DTD_NODE ) {
-	    if (doc == NULL) {
+#ifdef LIBXML_TREE_ENABLED
+	    if ((doc == NULL) || (doc->intSubset != NULL)) {
 		node = node->next;
 		continue;
 	    }
-	    if (doc->intSubset == NULL) {
-		q = (xmlNodePtr) xmlCopyDtd( (xmlDtdPtr) node );
-		if (q == NULL) return(NULL);
-		q->doc = doc;
-		q->parent = parent;
-		doc->intSubset = (xmlDtdPtr) q;
-		xmlAddChild(parent, q);
-	    } else {
-		q = (xmlNodePtr) doc->intSubset;
-		xmlAddChild(parent, q);
-	    }
-	} else
+	    q = (xmlNodePtr) xmlCopyDtd( (xmlDtdPtr) node );
+            if (q == NULL) goto error;
+            q->doc = doc;
+            q->parent = parent;
+            newSubset = (xmlDtdPtr) q;
+#else
+            node = node->next;
+            continue;
 #endif /* LIBXML_TREE_ENABLED */
+	} else {
 	    q = xmlStaticCopyNode(node, doc, parent, 1);
-	if (q == NULL) return(NULL);
+	    if (q == NULL) goto error;
+	}
 	if (ret == NULL) {
 	    q->prev = NULL;
 	    ret = p = q;
@@ -4404,7 +4403,13 @@
 	}
 	node = node->next;
     }
+    if (newSubset != NULL)
+        doc->intSubset = newSubset;
     return(ret);
+error:
+    xmlFreeNodeList(ret);
+    return(NULL);
+
 }
 
 /**