diff --git a/xmlreader.c b/xmlreader.c
index 72e40b03294184078d263dd30a325a454b253519..67ff2cd1323ef05c78cffc423f0a7433a9dc3cd9 100644
--- a/xmlreader.c
+++ b/xmlreader.c
@@ -1586,6 +1586,7 @@ node_found:
      * Handle XInclude if asked for
      */
     if ((reader->xinclude) && (reader->in_xinclude == 0) &&
+        (reader->state != XML_TEXTREADER_BACKTRACK) &&
         (reader->node != NULL) &&
 	(reader->node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) &&
 	(reader->node->ns != NULL) &&