diff -ur XML-LibXML-2.0008.orig/dom.c XML-LibXML-2.0008.gfl/dom.c
--- XML-LibXML-2.0008.orig/dom.c	2012-08-09 10:43:13.000000000 +0300
+++ XML-LibXML-2.0008.gfl/dom.c	2012-10-29 16:55:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@
 void
 _domReconcileNs(xmlNodePtr tree, xmlNsPtr * unused)
 {
-        if( tree->ns != NULL )
+        if( tree->ns != NULL
+           && (tree->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE 
+               || tree->type == XML_ATTRIBUTE_NODE))
         {
                 xmlNsPtr ns = xmlSearchNs( tree->doc, tree->parent, tree->ns->prefix );
                 if( ns != NULL && ns->href != NULL && tree->ns->href != NULL &&