diff --git a/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console-x86.exe b/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console-x86.exe
index eb3e9b7c4c..7efb53d911 100755
Binary files a/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console-x86.exe and b/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console-x86.exe differ
diff --git a/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console.exe b/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console.exe
index 398acb0ebf..86b003bc5f 100755
Binary files a/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console.exe and b/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console.exe differ
diff --git a/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console/ExtendedConsoleUi.cs b/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console/ExtendedConsoleUi.cs
index 11314b3238..3180d6d684 100644
--- a/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console/ExtendedConsoleUi.cs
+++ b/src/Tools/NUnit/nunit-console/ExtendedConsoleUi.cs
@@ -171,11 +171,13 @@ namespace NUnit.ConsoleRunner
                     string xmlResultFile = options.xml == null || options.xml == string.Empty
                         ? "TestResult.xml" : options.xml;
 
-                    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(xmlResultFile))
+                    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(options.xml))
                     {
-                        writer.Write(xmlOutput);
+	                    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(xmlResultFile))
+	                    {
+	                        writer.Write(xmlOutput);
+	                    }
                     }
-
                     returnCode = summary.ErrorsAndFailures;
                 }