--- a/jaxws/src/java.xml.ws/share/classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/util/xml/XMLStreamReaderToXMLStreamWriter.java	Thu Apr 09 06:40:17 2015 -0700
+++ b/jaxws/src/java.xml.ws/share/classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/util/xml/XMLStreamReaderToXMLStreamWriter.java	Fri Apr 10 14:54:20 2015 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -187,14 +187,11 @@
 
     protected void handleStartElement() throws XMLStreamException {
         String nsUri = in.getNamespaceURI();
-        if(nsUri==null)
-            out.writeStartElement(in.getLocalName());
-        else
-            out.writeStartElement(
-                fixNull(in.getPrefix()),
-                in.getLocalName(),
-                nsUri
-            );
+        out.writeStartElement(
+            fixNull(in.getPrefix()),
+            in.getLocalName(),
+            fixNull(nsUri)
+        );
 
         // start namespace bindings
         int nsCount = in.getNamespaceCount();