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diff --git a/‎src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php
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diff --git a/‎src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/XmlEncoderTest.php
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@@ -92,14 +92,16 @@ public function decode($data, $format, array $context = array())
             throw new UnexpectedValueException($error->message);
         }
 
+        $rootNode = null;
         foreach ($dom->childNodes as $child) {
             if ($child->nodeType === XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE) {
                 throw new UnexpectedValueException('Document types are not allowed.');
             }
+            if (!$rootNode && $child->nodeType !== XML_PI_NODE) {
+                $rootNode = $child;
+            }
         }
 
-        $rootNode = $dom->firstChild;
-
         // todo: throw an exception if the root node name is not correctly configured (bc)
 
         if ($rootNode->hasChildNodes()) {
@@ -329,6 +331,10 @@ private function parseXmlValue(\DOMNode $node)
         $value = array();
 
         foreach ($node->childNodes as $subnode) {
+            if ($subnode->nodeType === XML_PI_NODE) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $val = $this->parseXml($subnode);
 
             if ('item' === $subnode->nodeName && isset($val['@key'])) {
 
@@ -371,6 +371,14 @@ public function testDecodeArray()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->encoder->decode($source, 'xml'));
     }
 
+    public function testDecodeXMLWithProcessInstruction()
+    {
+        $source = $this->getXmlPISource();
+        $obj = $this->getObject();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(get_object_vars($obj), $this->encoder->decode($source, 'xml'));
+    }
+
     public function testDecodeIgnoreWhiteSpace()
     {
         $source = <<<'XML'
@@ -465,6 +473,23 @@ public function testDecodeEmptyXml()
         $this->encoder->decode(' ', 'xml');
     }
 
+    protected function getXmlPISource()
+    {
+        return '<?xml version="1.0"?>'."\n".
+            '<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/xmlverbatimwrapper.xsl"?>'.
+            '<?display table-view?>'.
+            '<?sort alpha-ascending?>'.
+            '<response>'.
+            '<foo>foo</foo>'.
+            '<?textinfo whitespace is allowed ?>'.
+            '<bar>a</bar><bar>b</bar>'.
+            '<baz><key>val</key><key2>val</key2><item key="A B">bar</item>'.
+            '<item><title>title1</title></item><?item ignore-title ?><item><title>title2</title></item>'.
+            '<Barry><FooBar id="1"><Baz>Ed</Baz></FooBar></Barry></baz>'.
+            '<qux>1</qux>'.
+            '</response><?instrtuction <value> ?>'."\n";
+    }
+
     protected function getXmlSource()
     {
         return '<?xml version="1.0"?>'."\n".