diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 053f0cb..1b61ee4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CHANGES IN Mini-XML 2.8
 	- Added MXML_MAJOR/MINOR_VERSION definitions to mxml.h (Bug $461)
 	- Fixed a bug reading UTF-16 characters from a file (Bug #454)
 	- Fixed a memory leak when loading invalid XML (Bug #496)
+	- Fixed an XML fragment loading problem (Bug #494)
 
 
 CHANGES IN Mini-XML 2.7
diff --git a/doc/relnotes.html b/doc/relnotes.html
index 84f5e11..43d4ffe 100644
--- a/doc/relnotes.html
+++ b/doc/relnotes.html
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ hspace="10" width="100" height="100" alt="B"></a>Release Notes</h1>
 
 	<li>Fixed a memory leak when loading invalid XML (Bug #496)</li>
 
+	<li>Fixed an XML fragment loading problem (Bug #494)</li>
+
 </ul>
 
 
diff --git a/mxml-file.c b/mxml-file.c
index 1e71aad..8eaaaba 100644
--- a/mxml-file.c
+++ b/mxml-file.c
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ mxml_load_data(
   {
     node = parent;
 
-    while (parent->parent != top && parent->parent)
+    while (parent != top && parent->parent)
       parent = parent->parent;
 
     if (node != parent)