diff --git a/xmlreader.c b/xmlreader.c
index 5aee3395..df395347 100644
--- a/xmlreader.c
+++ b/xmlreader.c
@@ -1711,10 +1711,11 @@ xmlTextReaderReadInnerXml(xmlTextReaderPtr reader ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     if (xmlTextReaderExpand(reader) == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    doc = reader->doc;
+    doc = reader->node->doc;
     buff = xmlBufferCreate();
     for (cur_node = reader->node->children; cur_node != NULL;
          cur_node = cur_node->next) {
+        /* XXX: Why is the node copied? */
         node = xmlDocCopyNode(cur_node, doc, 1);
         buff2 = xmlBufferCreate();
         if (xmlNodeDump(buff2, doc, node, 0, 0) == -1) {
@@ -1755,10 +1756,11 @@ xmlTextReaderReadOuterXml(xmlTextReaderPtr reader ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     xmlDocPtr doc;
 
     node = reader->node;
-    doc = reader->doc;
+    doc = node->doc;
     if (xmlTextReaderExpand(reader) == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
+    /* XXX: Why is the node copied? */
 	if (node->type == XML_DTD_NODE) {
 		node = (xmlNodePtr) xmlCopyDtd((xmlDtdPtr) node);
 	} else {