diff --git a/src/pugixpath.cpp b/src/pugixpath.cpp
index e567524..6dc58f1 100644
--- a/src/pugixpath.cpp
+++ b/src/pugixpath.cpp
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ namespace
 			ns.append(node.name(), pos);
 		}
 		
-		xml_node p = node.parent();
+		xml_node p = node;
 		
 		while (p)
 		{