diff --git a/WpfDesign.XamlDom/Project/XamlDocument.cs b/WpfDesign.XamlDom/Project/XamlDocument.cs
index 3336c7c..8b60de9 100644
--- a/WpfDesign.XamlDom/Project/XamlDocument.cs
+++ b/WpfDesign.XamlDom/Project/XamlDocument.cs
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.WpfDesign.XamlDom
 
 			string prefix = _xmlDoc.DocumentElement.GetPrefixOfNamespace(@namespace);
 
-			if (_xmlDoc.DocumentElement.NamespaceURI == @namespace && _xmlDoc.Prefix == String.Empty)
+			if (_xmlDoc.DocumentElement.NamespaceURI == @namespace && _xmlDoc.DocumentElement.Prefix == String.Empty)
 			{
 				return string.Empty;
 			}