--- ./jaxb-ri-base/runtime/src/com/sun/xml/bind/v2/runtime/ContentHandlerAdaptor.java	2007-05-31 22:59:43.000000000 +0100
+++ ./jaxb-ri/runtime/src/com/sun/xml/bind/v2/runtime/ContentHandlerAdaptor.java	2009-12-23 18:30:47.186816457 +0000
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
             // make sure namespaces needed by attributes are bound 
             for( int i=0; i<len; i++ ) {
                 String qname = atts.getQName(i);
-                if(qname.startsWith("xmlns"))
+                if(qname.startsWith("xmlns") || atts.getURI(i).length() == 0)
                     continue;
                 String prefix = getPrefix(qname);