diff --git a/bears/xml/XMLBear.py b/bears/xml/XMLBear.py
index ba27622d5e..ead97057f7 100644
--- a/bears/xml/XMLBear.py
+++ b/bears/xml/XMLBear.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import itertools
+
 from coalib.bearlib.abstractions.Lint import Lint
 from coalib.bears.LocalBear import LocalBear
 from coalib.misc.Shell import escape_path_argument
@@ -24,11 +26,18 @@ class XMLBear(LocalBear, Lint):
     gives_corrected = True
 
     def process_output(self, output, filename, file):
-        if self.stdout_output:  # only yield Result if stdout is not empty
-            return self._process_corrected(self.stdout_output, filename, file)
-        if self.stderr_output:  # pragma: no cover
+        if self.stderr_output:
+            self.use_stderr = True
+            if self.stdout_output:
+                return itertools.chain(
+                    self._process_issues(self.stderr_output, filename),
+                    self._process_corrected(
+                        self.stdout_output, filename, file))
+            return self._process_issues(self.stderr_output, filename)
+        elif self.stdout_output:
             return self._process_issues(self.stderr_output, filename)
 
+
     def run(self, filename, file,
             xml_schema: path="",
             xml_dtd: path_or_url=""):
diff --git a/tests/xml/test_files/xsd-error.xml b/tests/xml/test_files/xsd-error.xml
index d0f07df6fd..7d376e561b 100644
--- a/tests/xml/test_files/xsd-error.xml
+++ b/tests/xml/test_files/xsd-error.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <note
   xmlns="http://www.w3schools.com"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"