diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/attribute.c b/dlls/msxml3/attribute.c
index 724dec64d40..c63cf6ee277 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/attribute.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/attribute.c
@@ -446,7 +446,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domattr_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     domattr *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMAttribute( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, FALSE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI domattr_transformNode(
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/cdata.c b/dlls/msxml3/cdata.c
index 84d631f4d85..c346f1bd461 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/cdata.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/cdata.c
@@ -457,7 +457,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domcdata_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     domcdata *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMCDATASection( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, FALSE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI domcdata_transformNode(
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/comment.c b/dlls/msxml3/comment.c
index 3c80011b886..9f8c0e32172 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/comment.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/comment.c
@@ -450,7 +450,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domcomment_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     domcomment *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMComment( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, FALSE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI domcomment_transformNode(
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/docfrag.c b/dlls/msxml3/docfrag.c
index f9c1ed585f8..ccc67447b2f 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/docfrag.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/docfrag.c
@@ -454,7 +454,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domfrag_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     domfrag *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMDocumentFragment( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, FALSE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI domfrag_transformNode(
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/domdoc.c b/dlls/msxml3/domdoc.c
index 8a214023bda..d62d02b0517 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/domdoc.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/domdoc.c
@@ -1268,10 +1268,13 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domdoc_put_dataType(
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI domdoc_get_xml(
     IXMLDOMDocument3 *iface,
-    BSTR* xmlString )
+    BSTR* p)
 {
     domdoc *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMDocument3( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), xmlString );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, TRUE, TRUE, p);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/element.c b/dlls/msxml3/element.c
index 396ca528627..615499dec48 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/element.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/element.c
@@ -475,7 +475,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domelem_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     domelem *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMElement( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, TRUE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI domelem_transformNode(
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/entityref.c b/dlls/msxml3/entityref.c
index 3460bd073b0..501ff62af23 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/entityref.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/entityref.c
@@ -448,7 +448,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI entityref_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     entityref *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMEntityReference( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, FALSE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI entityref_transformNode(
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h b/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
index 7fcfea71942..310b9ad1c32 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ BOOL dispex_query_interface(DispatchEx*,REFIID,void**);
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 #endif
 
+
 #include <libxml/xmlerror.h>
 
 /* constructors */
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ extern HRESULT node_get_next_sibling(xmlnode*,IXMLDOMNode**);
 extern HRESULT node_insert_before(xmlnode*,IXMLDOMNode*,const VARIANT*,IXMLDOMNode**);
 extern HRESULT node_replace_child(xmlnode*,IXMLDOMNode*,IXMLDOMNode*,IXMLDOMNode**);
 extern HRESULT node_put_text(xmlnode*,BSTR);
+extern HRESULT node_get_xml(xmlnode*,BOOL,BOOL,BSTR*);
 
 extern HRESULT DOMDocument_create_from_xmldoc(xmlDocPtr xmldoc, IXMLDOMDocument3 **document);
 
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/node.c b/dlls/msxml3/node.c
index 0d12209a9fe..72e6be95e26 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/node.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/node.c
@@ -978,63 +978,45 @@ static BSTR EnsureNoEncoding(BSTR sInput)
  * reproduce behaviour exactly.
  *
  */
-static HRESULT WINAPI xmlnode_get_xml(
-    IXMLDOMNode *iface,
-    BSTR* xmlString)
+HRESULT node_get_xml(xmlnode *This, BOOL ensure_eol, BOOL ensure_no_encoding, BSTR *ret)
 {
-    xmlnode *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMNode( iface );
-    xmlBufferPtr pXmlBuf;
+    xmlBufferPtr xml_buf;
     xmlNodePtr xmldecl;
-    int nSize;
+    int size;
 
-    TRACE("(%p %d)->(%p)\n", This, This->node->type, xmlString);
-
-    if(!xmlString)
+    if(!ret)
         return E_INVALIDARG;
 
-    *xmlString = NULL;
+    *ret = NULL;
+
+    xml_buf = xmlBufferCreate();
+    if(!xml_buf)
+        return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
     xmldecl = xmldoc_unlink_xmldecl( This->node->doc );
 
-    pXmlBuf = xmlBufferCreate();
-    if(pXmlBuf)
-    {
-        nSize = xmlNodeDump(pXmlBuf, This->node->doc, This->node, 0, 1);
-        if(nSize > 0)
-        {
-            const xmlChar *pContent;
-            BSTR bstrContent;
+    size = xmlNodeDump(xml_buf, This->node->doc, This->node, 0, 1);
+    if(size > 0) {
+        const xmlChar *buf_content;
+        BSTR content;
 
-            /* Attribute Nodes return a space in front of their name */
-            pContent = xmlBufferContent(pXmlBuf);
-            if( ((const char*)pContent)[0] == ' ')
-                bstrContent = bstr_from_xmlChar(pContent+1);
-            else
-                bstrContent = bstr_from_xmlChar(pContent);
+        /* Attribute Nodes return a space in front of their name */
+        buf_content = xmlBufferContent(xml_buf);
 
-            switch(This->node->type)
-            {
-                case XML_ELEMENT_NODE:
-                    *xmlString = EnsureCorrectEOL(bstrContent);
-                    break;
-                case XML_DOCUMENT_NODE:
-                    *xmlString = EnsureCorrectEOL(bstrContent);
-                    *xmlString = EnsureNoEncoding(*xmlString);
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    *xmlString = bstrContent;
-            }
-        }
+        content = bstr_from_xmlChar(buf_content + (buf_content[0] == ' ' ? 1 : 0));
+        if(ensure_eol)
+            content = EnsureCorrectEOL(content);
+        if(ensure_no_encoding)
+            content = EnsureNoEncoding(content);
 
-        xmlBufferFree(pXmlBuf);
+        *ret = content;
+    }else {
+        *ret = SysAllocStringLen(NULL, 0);
     }
 
+    xmlBufferFree(xml_buf);
     xmldoc_link_xmldecl( This->node->doc, xmldecl );
-
-    /* Always returns a string. */
-    if(*xmlString == NULL)  *xmlString = SysAllocStringLen( NULL, 0 );
-
-    return S_OK;
+    return *ret ? S_OK : E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI xmlnode_transformNode(
@@ -1283,7 +1265,7 @@ static const struct IXMLDOMNodeVtbl xmlnode_vtbl =
     xmlnode_put_nodeTypedValue,
     NULL,
     xmlnode_put_dataType,
-    xmlnode_get_xml,
+    NULL,
     xmlnode_transformNode,
     xmlnode_selectNodes,
     xmlnode_selectSingleNode,
@@ -1731,7 +1713,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI unknode_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     unknode *This = impl_from_unkIXMLDOMNode( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    FIXME("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, FALSE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI unknode_transformNode(
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/pi.c b/dlls/msxml3/pi.c
index 4fee700042d..4ba76076ce5 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/pi.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/pi.c
@@ -464,7 +464,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI dom_pi_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     dom_pi *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, FALSE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI dom_pi_transformNode(
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/text.c b/dlls/msxml3/text.c
index a98b52c1443..38a44c3becd 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/text.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/text.c
@@ -463,7 +463,10 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domtext_get_xml(
     BSTR* p)
 {
     domtext *This = impl_from_IXMLDOMText( iface );
-    return IXMLDOMNode_get_xml( IXMLDOMNode_from_impl(&This->node), p );
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return node_get_xml(&This->node, FALSE, FALSE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI domtext_transformNode(