diff --git a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XmlView.cs b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XmlView.cs
index 5d1f6a8b76..d5177f9f25 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XmlView.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XmlView.cs
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XmlEditor
 		static string Transform(string input, string transform)
 		{
 			StringReader inputString = new StringReader(input);
-			XPathDocument sourceDocument = new XPathDocument(inputString);
+			XmlTextReader sourceDocument = new XmlTextReader(inputString);
 
 			StringReader transformString = new StringReader(transform);
 			XPathDocument transformDocument = new XPathDocument(transformString);