Index: src/OFXMLParser.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLParser.m
+++ src/OFXMLParser.m
@@ -276,12 +276,13 @@
 				 i: (size_t*)i
 			      last: (size_t*)last
 {
 	size_t len;
 
-	if (finishedParsing && buf[*i] != ' ' && buf[*i] != '\t' &&
-	    buf[*i] != '\n' && buf[*i] != '\r' && buf[*i] != '<')
+	if ((finishedParsing || [previous count] < 1) && buf[*i] != ' ' &&
+	    buf[*i] != '\t' && buf[*i] != '\n' && buf[*i] != '\r' &&
+	    buf[*i] != '<')
 		@throw [OFMalformedXMLException newWithClass: isa
 						      parser: self];
 
 	if (buf[*i] != '<')
 		return;