diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 58da0f1f0..d6aef6ad2 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -4085,7 +4085,7 @@ void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OutputXmlTestInfo(::std::ostream* stream,
   for (int i = 0; i < result.total_part_count(); ++i) {
     const TestPartResult& part = result.GetTestPartResult(i);
     if (part.failed()) {
-      if (++failures == 1) {
+      if (++failures == 1 && skips == 0) {
         *stream << ">\n";
       }
       const std::string location =
@@ -4099,7 +4099,7 @@ void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OutputXmlTestInfo(::std::ostream* stream,
       OutputXmlCDataSection(stream, RemoveInvalidXmlCharacters(detail).c_str());
       *stream << "</failure>\n";
     } else if (part.skipped()) {
-      if (++skips == 1) {
+      if (++skips == 1 && failures == 0) {
         *stream << ">\n";
       }
       const std::string location =