diff --git a/lib/faker/default/html.rb b/lib/faker/default/html.rb
index bf94c2b1d9..2630b277ef 100644
--- a/lib/faker/default/html.rb
+++ b/lib/faker/default/html.rb
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def available_methods
       def generate_table_row(tag, cell_count)
         row = "<tr>\n"
         cell_count.times do
-          row += "<#{tag == 'th' ? 'th' : 'td'}>#{Lorem.word}</#{tag == 'th' ? 'th' : 'td'}>\n"
+          row += "<#{tag == 'th' ? 'th' : 'td'}>#{Faker::Lorem.word}</#{tag == 'th' ? 'th' : 'td'}>\n"
         end
         row += "</tr>\n"
         row
diff --git a/test/faker/default/test_faker_html.rb b/test/faker/default/test_faker_html.rb
index 69235a03ed..bfd5af5fb7 100644
--- a/test/faker/default/test_faker_html.rb
+++ b/test/faker/default/test_faker_html.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require 'open3'
+require 'rbconfig'
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 
 class TestFakerHTML < Test::Unit::TestCase
@@ -51,6 +53,22 @@ def test_table
     assert_equal(12, count_occurrences(table_html, '<td>'))
   end
 
+  def test_table_with_lazy_loading
+    # A fresh process ensures another generator has not already loaded Lorem.
+    code = <<~RUBY
+      require 'faker'
+      abort 'Lorem was already loaded' if Faker.const_defined?(:Lorem, false)
+      puts Faker::HTML.table
+    RUBY
+    lib_dir = File.expand_path('../../../lib', __dir__)
+    output, status = Open3.capture2e({ 'FAKER_LAZY_LOAD' => '1' }, RbConfig.ruby, "-I#{lib_dir}", '-e', code)
+
+    assert_predicate status, :success?, output
+    assert_equal 3, count_occurrences(output, '<th>')
+    assert_equal 12, count_occurrences(output, '<td>')
+    assert_equal 5, count_occurrences(output, '<tr>')
+  end
+
   def test_script
     assert_match(/<script src=".+"><\/script>/, @tester.script)
   end