diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0219e8be..e3381db8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
   honor error_reporting is used
 - StrictBlockquote child definition refrains from wrapping whitespace
   in tags now.
+- Bug resulting from tag transforms to non-allowed elements fixed
 . Unit test for ElementDef created, ElementDef behavior modified to
   be more flexible
 . Added convenience functions for HTMLModule constructors
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElements.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElements.php
index b9f6402d..4fb4a21f 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElements.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElements.php
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Strategy_RemoveForeignElements extends HTMLPurifier_Strategy
             }
             if (!empty( $token->is_tag )) {
                 // DEFINITION CALL
+                
+                // before any processing, try to transform the element
+                if (
+                    isset($definition->info_tag_transform[$token->name])
+                ) {
+                    // there is a transformation for this tag
+                    // DEFINITION CALL
+                    $token = $definition->
+                                info_tag_transform[$token->name]->
+                                    transform($token, $config, $context);
+                }
+                
                 if (isset($definition->info[$token->name])) {
                     // leave untouched, except for a few special cases:
                     
@@ -73,14 +85,6 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Strategy_RemoveForeignElements extends HTMLPurifier_Strategy
                         if ($token->attr['src'] === false) continue;
                     }
                     
-                } elseif (
-                    isset($definition->info_tag_transform[$token->name])
-                ) {
-                    // there is a transformation for this tag
-                    // DEFINITION CALL
-                    $token = $definition->
-                                info_tag_transform[$token->name]->
-                                    transform($token, $config, $context);
                 } elseif ($escape_invalid_tags) {
                     // invalid tag, generate HTML and insert in
                     $token = new HTMLPurifier_Token_Text(
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElementsTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElementsTest.php
index 5d6c03f8..7d1f2b48 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElementsTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/RemoveForeignElementsTest.php
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Strategy_RemoveForeignElementsTest
             )
         );
         
+        // test transform to unallowed element
+        $this->assertResult(
+            '<font color="red" face="Arial" size="6">Big Warning!</font>',
+            'Big Warning!',
+            array('HTML.Allowed' => 'div')
+        );
+        
     }
     
 }