1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/pugixml.cpp b/src/pugixml.cpp
index 787f693..fa41058 100644
--- a/src/pugixml.cpp
+++ b/src/pugixml.cpp
@@ -4316,12 +4316,7 @@ PUGI__NS_BEGIN
 	PUGI__FN xml_parse_result load_buffer_impl(xml_document_struct* doc, xml_node_struct* root, void* contents, size_t size, unsigned int options, xml_encoding encoding, bool is_mutable, bool own, char_t** out_buffer)
 	{
 		// check input buffer
-                if ((contents==NULL) && (size!=0)) {
-                  xml_parse_result result;
-                  result.status = status_no_document_element;
-                  return result;
-                }
-
+		if (!contents && size) return make_parse_result(status_io_error);
 
 		// get actual encoding
 		xml_encoding buffer_encoding = impl::get_buffer_encoding(encoding, contents, size);