Index: pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/util/XMLUtil.java
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--- pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/util/XMLUtil.java	(revision 1497941)
+++ pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/util/XMLUtil.java	(working copy)
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
             if( next instanceof Text )
             {
                 retval = next.getNodeValue();
+                break;
             }
         }
         return retval;