diff --git a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/dom/DOMNode.java b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/dom/DOMNode.java
index 9dd0b9601..8b7773261 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/dom/DOMNode.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.lsp4xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lsp4xml/dom/DOMNode.java
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ public DOMElement getParentElement() {
 			if (parent.isElement()) {
 				return (DOMElement) parent;
 			}
+			parent = parent.getParentNode();
 		}
 		return null;
 	}