diff --git a/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c b/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
index 99d16d77903..a51b4804ea7 100644
--- a/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
+++ b/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ static HashTable * sxe_properties_get(zval *object TSRMLS_DC)
 			ZVAL_STRING(value, sxe_xmlNodeListGetString(node->doc, node->children, 1), 0);
 			zend_hash_next_index_insert(rv, &value, sizeof(zval *), NULL);
 			node = NULL;
-		} else {
+		} else if (sxe->iter.type != SXE_ITER_CHILD) {
 			node = node->children;
 		}
 
diff --git a/ext/simplexml/tests/009b.phpt b/ext/simplexml/tests/009b.phpt
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..dba300c72fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/simplexml/tests/009b.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--TEST--
+SimpleXML: foreach 
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded("simplexml")) print "skip"; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php 
+$sxe = simplexml_load_string(<<<EOF
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE sxe SYSTEM "notfound.dtd">
+<sxe id="elem1">
+ Plain text.
+ <elem1 attr1='first'>Bla bla 1.<!-- comment --><elem2>
+   Here we have some text data.
+  </elem2></elem1>
+ <elem11 attr2='second'>Bla bla 2.</elem11>
+</sxe>
+EOF
+);
+var_dump($sxe->children());
+?>
+===DONE===
+<?php exit(0); ?>
+--EXPECTF--
+object(SimpleXMLElement)#%d (3) {
+  ["@attributes"]=>
+  array(1) {
+    ["id"]=>
+    string(5) "elem1"
+  }
+  ["elem1"]=>
+  string(10) "Bla bla 1."
+  ["elem11"]=>
+  string(10) "Bla bla 2."
+}
+===DONE===