1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/manifest_xml.py b/manifest_xml.py
index 03925176..0068ac6a 100644
--- a/manifest_xml.py
+++ b/manifest_xml.py
@@ -1266,7 +1266,10 @@ https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/+/HEAD/docs/manifest-format.md
             raise ManifestParseError("no root node in %s" % (path,))
 
         for manifest in root.childNodes:
-            if manifest.nodeName == "manifest":
+            if (
+                manifest.nodeType == manifest.ELEMENT_NODE
+                and manifest.nodeName == "manifest"
+            ):
                 break
         else:
             raise ManifestParseError("no <manifest> in %s" % (path,))