diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/xml/actions/GenerateXmlTagAction.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/xml/actions/GenerateXmlTagAction.java
index 727b7bd52832..303015b731ed 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/xml/actions/GenerateXmlTagAction.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/xml/actions/GenerateXmlTagAction.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class GenerateXmlTagAction extends SimpleCodeInsightAction {
                 Document document = editor.getDocument();
                 document.insertString(offset, newTag.getText());
                 PsiDocumentManager.getInstance(getProject()).commitDocument(document);
-                newTag = PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(file.findElementAt(offset), XmlTag.class, false);
+                newTag = PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(file.findElementAt(offset + 1), XmlTag.class, false);
               }
               else {
                 newTag = (XmlTag)contextTag.addAfter(newTag, anchor);