diff --git a/yt_dlp/parsing.py b/yt_dlp/parsing.py
index c6748d2d8..256ba8e6c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/parsing.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/parsing.py
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ def handle_endtag(self, tag):
             tag_obj = self.tagstack[idx]
             self.tagstack.remove(tag)
             if isinstance(tag_obj, self.Tag):
-                close_idx = self.rawdata.find('>', self._offset) + 1
-                tag_obj.closerange(self._offset, close_idx - self._offset)
+                tag_obj.closerange(slice(self._offset, self.rawdata.find('>', self._offset) + 1))
                 self._nestedtags.pop()
                 self.callback(tag_obj)
         except ValueError as exc: