diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index 14cc91a..4a4dec4 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -929,7 +929,8 @@
         p = _value.ParseText( p, "<", flags );
         if ( p && *p ) {
             return p-1;
-        } else if ( !p ) {
+        }
+        if ( !p ) {
             _document->SetError( XML_ERROR_PARSING_TEXT, start, 0 );
         }
     }