--- old/src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/impl/XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java	2012-03-30 00:21:15.638549500 -0700
+++ new/src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/impl/XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java	2012-03-30 00:21:14.901486200 -0700
@@ -1803,6 +1803,7 @@
         String name = fEntityScanner.scanName();
         if (name == null) {
             reportFatalError("NameRequiredInReference", null);
+            return;
         }
         if (!fEntityScanner.skipChar(';')) {
             reportFatalError("SemicolonRequiredInReference", new Object []{name});