src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/impl/XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java

*** 1801,1810 ****
--- 1801,1811 ----
       */
      protected void scanEntityReference(XMLStringBuffer content) throws IOException, XNIException {
          String name = fEntityScanner.scanName();
          if (name == null) {
              reportFatalError("NameRequiredInReference", null);
+             return;
          }
          if (!fEntityScanner.skipChar(';')) {
              reportFatalError("SemicolonRequiredInReference", new Object []{name});
          }
          if (fEntityStore.isUnparsedEntity(name)) {