diff --git a/indra/llxml/llxmlnode.cpp b/indra/llxml/llxmlnode.cpp
index 9f1e249ddda37f0f9a6d40d53f3d4857061951d3..4362c88c4ecb9d4594ec56eae8904f2e1b1a2396 100644
--- a/indra/llxml/llxmlnode.cpp
+++ b/indra/llxml/llxmlnode.cpp
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ bool LLXMLNode::getAttribute(const LLStringTableEntry* name, LLXMLNodePtr& node,
 	{
 		return mDefault->getAttribute(name, node, FALSE);
 	}
-	node = new LLXMLNode();
+	
 	return false;
 }