diff -Naur a/xmlreader.c b/xmlreader.c
--- a/xmlreader.c	2024-02-06 17:29:16.285516854 +0800
+++ b/xmlreader.c	2024-02-06 17:28:15.592980289 +0800
@@ -1586,6 +1586,7 @@
      * Handle XInclude if asked for
      */
     if ((reader->xinclude) && (reader->in_xinclude == 0) &&
+        (reader->state != XML_TEXTREADER_BACKTRACK) &&
         (reader->node != NULL) &&
 	(reader->node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) &&
 	(reader->node->ns != NULL) &&