diff --git a/property_test.go b/property_test.go
index 2dd52b4..d6355a4 100644
--- a/property_test.go
+++ b/property_test.go
@@ -61,3 +61,16 @@ func TestHtml(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNbsp(t *testing.T) {
+	src := `<p>Some&nbsp;text</p>`
+	d, err := NewDocumentFromReader(strings.NewReader(src))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	txt := d.Find("p").Text()
+	ix := strings.Index(txt, "\u00a0")
+	if ix != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("expected a non-breaking space at index 4, got %d", ix)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/traversal.go b/traversal.go
index f8d919e..8fbeddf 100644
--- a/traversal.go
+++ b/traversal.go
@@ -492,8 +492,6 @@ func getChildrenWithSiblingType(parent *html.Node, st siblingType, skipNode *htm
 			// Not a valid node, try again from this one
 			cur = ret
 		}
-		// For Go 1.0 compatibility
-		panic("Unreachable code reached.")
 	}
 
 	for c := iter(nil); c != nil; c = iter(c) {