1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/fop/render/xml/XMLRenderer.java b/src/java/org/apache/fop/render/xml/XMLRenderer.java
index 16a769323..45c90d02d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/fop/render/xml/XMLRenderer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/fop/render/xml/XMLRenderer.java
@@ -313,7 +313,9 @@ public class XMLRenderer extends AbstractRenderer {
      * @see org.apache.fop.render.Renderer#stopRenderer()
      */
     public void stopRenderer() throws IOException {
-        endElement("pageSequence");
+        if (startedSequence) {
+            endElement("pageSequence");
+        }
         endElement("areaTree");
         try {
             handler.endDocument();