--- lib/xmlparse.c	2009/09/29 02:49:16	1.164
+++ lib/xmlparse.c	2009/12/29 18:42:05	1.166
@@ -3701,6 +3701,9 @@
         return XML_ERROR_UNCLOSED_TOKEN;
       case XML_TOK_PARTIAL_CHAR:
         return XML_ERROR_PARTIAL_CHAR;
+      case -XML_TOK_PROLOG_S:
+        tok = -tok;
+        break;
       case XML_TOK_NONE:
 #ifdef XML_DTD
         /* for internal PE NOT referenced between declarations */