diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
index 35605072..d3acee0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ public JsonToken nextToken() throws JacksonException
                 _nextToken = JsonToken.VALUE_STRING;
                 return _updateToken(JsonToken.PROPERTY_NAME);
             case XmlTokenStream.XML_END:
-                return _updateToken(null);
+                return _updateTokenToNull();
             default:
                 return _internalErrorUnknownToken(token);
             }