diff --git a/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/CondDB.py b/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/CondDB.py
index 9dd4aebc60b7449e7135d2a67be33db2de67a881..8f78b362cffd0088335b58dea632e75ea419dbcc 100644
--- a/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/CondDB.py
+++ b/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/CondDB.py
@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ This allows the possibility of later adding a new IOV using IOVSvc::setRange."""
                 if (ix2!=-1):
                     xmltag=(folderstr[ix+1:ix2]).strip()
                     ix=ix2+1
+                    if xmltag[-1] == '/':
+                        xmltag=""
+                        ix=ix+1
             elif (folderstr[ix:ix+2]=='</' and xmltag!=""):
                 ix2=folderstr.find('>',ix)
                 if (ix2!=-1):