1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/test/xml_mini/rexml_engine_test.rb b/activesupport/test/xml_mini/rexml_engine_test.rb
index 70a3b918fd..0c1f11803c 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/xml_mini/rexml_engine_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/xml_mini/rexml_engine_test.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class REXMLEngineTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   private
     def assert_equal_rexml(xml)
       parsed_xml = XmlMini.parse(xml)
-      hash = XmlMini.with_backend('REXML') { parsed_xml }
+      xml.rewind if xml.respond_to?(:rewind)
+      hash = XmlMini.with_backend('REXML') { XmlMini.parse(xml) }
       assert_equal(hash, parsed_xml)
     end
 end