diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParserUtils.scala b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParserUtils.scala
index 70fa26a1..8f770750 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParserUtils.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParserUtils.scala
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ private[xml] object StaxXmlParserUtils {
             // So, we need to check further to decide if this is a data or just
             // a whitespace between them.
             parser.next
-            if (parser.peek.isStartElement) {
-              skipChildren(parser)
-            }
+          }
+          if (parser.peek.isStartElement) {
+            skipChildren(parser)
           }
         case _: EndElement =>
           shouldStop = checkEndElement(parser)
diff --git a/src/test/resources/cars-no-indentation.xml b/src/test/resources/cars-no-indentation.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d603759d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/cars-no-indentation.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ROWSET><ROW><year>2012</year><make><name><name>Tesla</name></name></make><model>S</model><comment>No comment</comment></ROW><ROW><year>1997</year><make>Ford</make><model>E350</model><comment>Go get one now they are going fast</comment></ROW><ROW><year>2015</year><make>Chevy</make><model>Volt</model><comment>No</comment></ROW></ROWSET>
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlSuite.scala
index f1d34893..497b4dae 100755
--- a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/XmlSuite.scala
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class XmlSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   val carsFile8859 = "src/test/resources/cars-iso-8859-1.xml"
   val carsFileGzip = "src/test/resources/cars.xml.gz"
   val carsFileBzip2 = "src/test/resources/cars.xml.bz2"
+  val carsNoIndentationFile = "src/test/resources/cars-no-indentation.xml"
   val carsMixedAttrNoChildFile = "src/test/resources/cars-mixed-attr-no-child.xml"
   val booksAttributesInNoChild = "src/test/resources/books-attributes-in-no-child.xml"
   val carsUnbalancedFile = "src/test/resources/cars-unbalanced-elements.xml"
@@ -727,11 +728,16 @@ class XmlSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
       Seq(
         StructField("child", StringType, nullable = true),
         StructField("parent", nestedSchema, nullable = true)))
-    df.schema.printTreeString()
-    schema.printTreeString()
     assert(df.schema == schema)
   }
 
+  test("Skip and project currecntly XML files without indentation") {
+    val df = sqlContext.xmlFile(carsNoIndentationFile)
+    val results = df.select("model").collect()
+    val years = results.map(_.toSeq.head).toSet
+    assert(years == Set("S", "E350", "Volt"))
+  }
+
   test("Select correctly all child fields regardless of pushed down projection") {
     val results = new XmlReader()
       .withRowTag("book")
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParserUtilsSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParserUtilsSuite.scala
index 91e81df3..a9632ea9 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParserUtilsSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/databricks/spark/xml/parsers/StaxXmlParserUtilsSuite.scala
@@ -78,17 +78,20 @@ class StaxXmlParserUtilsSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   }
 
   test("Skip XML children") {
-    val input = <ROW><id>2</id><info>
-      <name>Sam Mad Dog Smith</name><amount><small>1</small><large>9</large></amount></info></ROW>
+    val input = <ROW><info>
+      <name>Sam Mad Dog Smith</name><amount><small>1</small>
+        <large>9</large></amount></info><abc>2</abc><test>2</test></ROW>
     val reader = new ByteArrayInputStream(input.toString().getBytes)
     val parser = factory.createXMLEventReader(reader)
     // We assume here it's reading the value within `id` field.
     StaxXmlParserUtils.skipUntil(parser, XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS)
     StaxXmlParserUtils.skipChildren(parser)
-    assert(
-      parser.nextEvent().asEndElement().getName.getLocalPart == "id")
+    assert(parser.nextEvent().asEndElement().getName.getLocalPart == "info")
+    parser.next()
+    StaxXmlParserUtils.skipChildren(parser)
+    assert(parser.nextEvent().asEndElement().getName.getLocalPart == "abc")
+    parser.next()
     StaxXmlParserUtils.skipChildren(parser)
-    assert(
-      parser.nextEvent().asEndElement().getName.getLocalPart == "info")
+    assert(parser.nextEvent().asEndElement().getName.getLocalPart == "test")
   }
 }