diff --git a/xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/util/xml/DomUtil.java b/xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/util/xml/DomUtil.java
index 08430d5c2367..4b3e6ab73495 100644
--- a/xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/util/xml/DomUtil.java
+++ b/xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/util/xml/DomUtil.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public class DomUtil {
   }
 
   private static boolean checkHasXml(XmlElement psi, DomElement dom) {
-    if (dom != null && dom.getXmlElement() == null) {
+    if (dom != null && !hasXml(dom)) {
       LOG.error("No xml for dom " + dom + "; attr=" + psi + ", physical=" + psi.isPhysical());
       return false;
     }