diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py
index 63466ac551..6d15ca250a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/flatcss.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def flatten_node(self, node, stylizer, names, styles, psize, left=0):
             items.sort()
             css = u';\n'.join(u'%s: %s' % (key, val) for key, val in items)
             classes = node.get('class', None) or 'calibre'
-            klass = STRIPNUM.sub('', classes.split()[0])
+            klass = STRIPNUM.sub('', classes.split()[0].replace('_', ''))
             if css in styles:
                 match = styles[css]
             else: