--- a/jaxp/src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/utils/XMLLimitAnalyzer.java	Thu Aug 15 21:33:52 2013 +0100
+++ b/jaxp/src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/utils/XMLLimitAnalyzer.java	Tue Aug 20 09:02:25 2013 -0700
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@
     }
 
     public boolean isTracking(String name) {
+        if (entityStart == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
         return entityStart.equals(name);
     }
     /**