diff --git a/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMXMLParserWrapper.java b/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMXMLParserWrapper.java
index ea52239..8b5346d 100644
--- a/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMXMLParserWrapper.java
+++ b/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/OMXMLParserWrapper.java
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
      * @throws OMException
      */
     void setCache(boolean b) throws OMException;
+    
+    /**
+     * @return true if caching
+     */
+    boolean isCache();
 
     /**
      * Allows to access the underlying parser. Since the parser depends on the underlying
diff --git a/modules/axiom-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/impl/llom/OMStAXWrapper.java b/modules/axiom-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/impl/llom/OMStAXWrapper.java
index 5b0bef0..39f0953 100644
--- a/modules/axiom-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/impl/llom/OMStAXWrapper.java
+++ b/modules/axiom-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/om/impl/llom/OMStAXWrapper.java
@@ -209,8 +209,11 @@
         try {
             if (startNode instanceof OMSourcedElement && 
                     !cache && builder != null) {
+                if (!builder.isCache()) {
+                    resetCache = true;
+                }
                 builder.setCache(true); // bootstrap the navigator
-                resetCache = true;
+                
             }
         } catch(Throwable t) {}