diff --git a/Lib/html/parser.py b/Lib/html/parser.py
index bef0f4fe4bf..13c95c34e50 100644
--- a/Lib/html/parser.py
+++ b/Lib/html/parser.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
         If convert_charrefs is True (the default), all character references
         are automatically converted to the corresponding Unicode characters.
         """
+        super().__init__()
         self.convert_charrefs = convert_charrefs
         self.reset()
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ class HTMLParser(_markupbase.ParserBase):
         self.lasttag = '???'
         self.interesting = interesting_normal
         self.cdata_elem = None
-        _markupbase.ParserBase.reset(self)
+        super().reset()
 
     def feed(self, data):
         r"""Feed data to the parser.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py b/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
index 12917755a56..b42a611c62c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import html.parser
 import pprint
 import unittest
 
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
 
 class EventCollector(html.parser.HTMLParser):
 
@@ -787,5 +789,17 @@ class AttributesTestCase(TestCaseBase):
                             ('starttag', 'form',
                                 [('action', 'bogus|&#()value')])])
 
+
+class TestInheritance(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @patch("_markupbase.ParserBase.__init__")
+    @patch("_markupbase.ParserBase.reset")
+    def test_base_class_methods_called(self, super_reset_method, super_init_method):
+        with patch('_markupbase.ParserBase') as parser_base:
+            EventCollector()
+            super_init_method.assert_called_once()
+            super_reset_method.assert_called_once()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()