JSTL in html-el:option

[struts]

The following yields Attribute ${i} has no value (first occurrence) error.

<html-el:select property="yearsreferences"> 
             <c:forEach var="i" begin="1" end="10"> 
             <html-el:option value="<c:out value="${i}"/>"><c:out 
value="${i}"/></html-el:option> 
             </c:forEach> 
            </html-el:select>   

Any suggestions on alternative syntax?

Thanks,
Barry