diff --git a/editor/base/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp b/editor/base/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
index e1fc11c4a6c7..8f7500c64bbd 100644
--- a/editor/base/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
+++ b/editor/base/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class nsIFrame;
 
 const static char* kMOZEditorBogusNodeAttr="MOZ_EDITOR_BOGUS_NODE";
 const static char* kMOZEditorBogusNodeValue="TRUE";
-const unsigned char nbsp = nbsp;
+const unsigned char nbsp = 160;
 
 static NS_DEFINE_IID(kPlaceholderTxnIID,  PLACEHOLDER_TXN_IID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kCContentIteratorCID, NS_CONTENTITERATOR_CID);
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
index e1fc11c4a6c7..8f7500c64bbd 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditRules.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class nsIFrame;
 
 const static char* kMOZEditorBogusNodeAttr="MOZ_EDITOR_BOGUS_NODE";
 const static char* kMOZEditorBogusNodeValue="TRUE";
-const unsigned char nbsp = nbsp;
+const unsigned char nbsp = 160;
 
 static NS_DEFINE_IID(kPlaceholderTxnIID,  PLACEHOLDER_TXN_IID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kCContentIteratorCID, NS_CONTENTITERATOR_CID);