diff --git a/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/impl/DomInvocationHandler.java b/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/impl/DomInvocationHandler.java
index 7288874daf0b..fca7ce5da904 100644
--- a/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/impl/DomInvocationHandler.java
+++ b/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/impl/DomInvocationHandler.java
@@ -713,9 +713,11 @@ public abstract class DomInvocationHandler<T extends AbstractDomChildDescription
       final DomInvocationHandler semElement = myManager.getSemService().getSemElement(key, subTag);
       if (semElement == null) {
         myManager.getSemService().getSemElement(key, subTag);
-        LOG.error("No child for subTag " + subTag.getName() + " in tag " + tag.getName());
+        LOG.error("No child for subTag '" + subTag.getName() + "' in tag '" + tag.getName() +"' using key " + key);
+      }
+      else {
+        elements.add(semElement.getProxy());
       }
-      elements.add(semElement.getProxy());
     }
     return Collections.unmodifiableList(elements);
   }