diff --git a/ext/java/org/apache/xml/dtm/ref/dom2dtm/DOM2DTMExt.java b/ext/java/org/apache/xml/dtm/ref/dom2dtm/DOM2DTMExt.java
index 5af23241d01..a45bf8c69d2 100644
--- a/ext/java/org/apache/xml/dtm/ref/dom2dtm/DOM2DTMExt.java
+++ b/ext/java/org/apache/xml/dtm/ref/dom2dtm/DOM2DTMExt.java
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ else if(PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE==nexttype)
         {
             // %TBD% If nexttype was forced to TEXT, patch the DTM node
 
-            next=lastTextNode;      // Advance the DOM cursor over contiguous text
+            //next=lastTextNode;      // Advance the DOM cursor over contiguous text
         }
 
         // Remember where we left off.