diff --git a/e107_handlers/xml_class.php b/e107_handlers/xml_class.php
index 16adeb0f26..10a5d57f16 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/xml_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/xml_class.php
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ function xml2array($xml, $rec_parent = '')
 		
 		$ret = array();
 	
-		$tags = get_object_vars($xml);
+		$tags = (array) $xml;
 	
 		
 		//remove comments