diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/html.py b/pandas/io/formats/html.py
index adaeed017d7bf..919e355120708 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/html.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/html.py
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ def _write_table(self, indent: int = 0) -> None:
         use_mathjax = get_option("display.html.use_mathjax")
         if not use_mathjax:
             _classes.append("tex2jax_ignore")
+            _classes.append("mathjax_ignore")
         if self.classes is not None:
             if isinstance(self.classes, str):
                 self.classes = self.classes.split()