diff --git a/Code/Support/Parsers/XML/RKXMLParserLibXML.m b/Code/Support/Parsers/XML/RKXMLParserLibXML.m
index f24d90024c..4e720dddd7 100644
--- a/Code/Support/Parsers/XML/RKXMLParserLibXML.m
+++ b/Code/Support/Parsers/XML/RKXMLParserLibXML.m
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ - (id)parseNode:(xmlNode*)node {
                     // Assume that empty strings are irrelevant and go for an attribute-collection instead
                     if ([val length] == 0) {
                         val = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
+                        attrs = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
+                        oldVal = [attrs valueForKey:nodeName];
                         NSMutableDictionary* elem = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:val forKey:nodeName];
                         [nodes addObject:elem];
                     } else {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ - (id)parseNode:(xmlNode*)node {
                 }
                 
                 // Only add attributes to nodes if there actually is one.
-                if (![nodes containsObject:attrs]) {
+                if (![nodes containsObject:attrs] && [attrs count] > 0) {
                     [nodes addObject:attrs];
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/Specs/Support/RKXMLParserSpec.m b/Specs/Support/RKXMLParserSpec.m
index 037468f5dd..b2574ec55d 100644
--- a/Specs/Support/RKXMLParserSpec.m
+++ b/Specs/Support/RKXMLParserSpec.m
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ - (void)testShouldParseXMLWithAttributesInTextNodes {
     NSDictionary* exchangeRate = [result objectForKey:@"exchange_rate"];
     assertThat(exchangeRate, is(notNilValue()));
     assertThat([exchangeRate objectForKey:@"type"], is(equalTo(@"XML_RATE_TYPE_EBNK_MIDDLE")));
-    assertThat([exchangeRate objectForKey:@"valid_from"], is(equalTo(@"2011-08-03 00:00:00.0")));    
+    assertThat([exchangeRate objectForKey:@"valid_from"], is(equalTo(@"2011-08-03 00:00:00.0")));
+    assertThat([exchangeRate objectForKey:@"name"], nilValue()); // This is to test for bug in parsing
     NSArray* currency = [exchangeRate objectForKey:@"currency"];
     assertThat(currency, hasCountOf(3));
     NSDictionary* firstCurrency = [currency objectAtIndex:0];