diff --git a/llama_index/node_parser/relational/markdown_element.py b/llama_index/node_parser/relational/markdown_element.py
index 7abea2608744e2c65fb2e573651503b99c49b954..0be5edb179d721f191f287115fe83b9cf2e89cf2 100644
--- a/llama_index/node_parser/relational/markdown_element.py
+++ b/llama_index/node_parser/relational/markdown_element.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class MarkdownElementNodeParser(BaseElementNodeParser):
                         elements[idx] = Element(
                             id=f"id_{idx}",
                             type="table_text",
-                            element=element,
+                            element=element.element,
                             # table=table
                         )
                 else: