diff --git a/pjlib-util/src/pjlib-util/xml.c b/pjlib-util/src/pjlib-util/xml.c
index b0aad26608..5c2d8eb174 100644
--- a/pjlib-util/src/pjlib-util/xml.c
+++ b/pjlib-util/src/pjlib-util/xml.c
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ static pj_xml_node *xml_parse_node( pj_pool_t *pool, pj_scanner *scanner)
 	pj_scan_get_until_ch(scanner, ']', &node->content);
 	while (pj_scan_strcmp(scanner, "]]>", 3)) {
 	    pj_str_t dummy;
+
+	    pj_scan_advance_n(scanner, 1, PJ_FALSE);
 	    pj_scan_get_until_ch(scanner, ']', &dummy);
 	}
 	node->content.slen = scanner->curptr - node->content.ptr;