Index: src/OFXMLElement.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLElement.m
+++ src/OFXMLElement.m
@@ -234,11 +234,12 @@
 	for (j = 0; j < attrs_count; j++) {
 		OFString *attr_name = [attrs_carray[j] name];
 		OFString *attr_prefix = nil;
 		tmp = [[attrs_carray[j] stringValue] stringByXMLEscaping];
 
-		if (([attrs_carray[j] namespace] == nil && namespace != nil) ||
+		if (([attrs_carray[j] namespace] == nil && namespace != nil &&
+		    ![[attrs_carray[j] name] isEqual: @"xmlns"]) ||
 		    ([attrs_carray[j] namespace] != nil && namespace == nil) ||
 		    ([attrs_carray[j] namespace] != nil &&
 		    ![[attrs_carray[j] namespace] isEqual: namespace]))
 			if ((attr_prefix = [all_namespaces
 			    objectForKey: [attrs_carray[j] namespace]]) == nil)