diff --git a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/ProviderManager.java b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/ProviderManager.java
index ab097d6a3..3e10adee7 100644
--- a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/ProviderManager.java
+++ b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/ProviderManager.java
@@ -154,13 +154,15 @@ public class ProviderManager {
                     do {
                         if (eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                             if (parser.getName().equals("iqProvider")) {
+                                parser.next();
                                 parser.next();
                                 String elementName = parser.nextText();
                                 parser.next();
+                                parser.next();
                                 String namespace = parser.nextText();
                                 parser.next();
-                                String className = parser.nextText();
                                 parser.next();
+                                String className = parser.nextText();
                                 // Only add the provider for the namespace if one isn't
                                 // already registered.
                                 String key = getProviderKey(elementName, namespace);
@@ -185,13 +187,15 @@ public class ProviderManager {
                                 }
                             }
                             else if (parser.getName().equals("extensionProvider")) {
+                                parser.next();
                                 parser.next();
                                 String elementName = parser.nextText();
                                 parser.next();
+                                parser.next();
                                 String namespace = parser.nextText();
                                 parser.next();
-                                String className = parser.nextText();
                                 parser.next();
+                                String className = parser.nextText();
                                 // Only add the provider for the namespace if one isn't
                                 // already registered.
                                 String key = getProviderKey(elementName, namespace);