diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/StaxUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/StaxUtils.java
index 4bd4a7a1ef..808a22ed77 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/StaxUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/StaxUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -309,6 +309,15 @@ public abstract class StaxUtils {
 		return new XMLEventStreamReader(eventReader);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return a {@link XMLStreamWriter} that writes to a {@link XMLEventWriter}.
+	 * @return a stream writer that writes to an event writer
+	 * @since 3.2
+	 */
+	public static XMLStreamWriter createEventStreamWriter(XMLEventWriter eventWriter) {
+		return new XMLEventStreamWriter(eventWriter, XMLEventFactory.newFactory());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return a {@link XMLStreamWriter} that writes to a {@link XMLEventWriter}.
 	 * @return a stream writer that writes to an event writer
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamWriter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamWriter.java
index 8e74f7ccb0..c2f8b8509d 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamWriter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class XMLEventStreamWriter implements XMLStreamWriter {
 
 	private void writeStartElement(StartElement startElement) throws XMLStreamException {
 		eventWriter.add(startElement);
-		endElements.add(eventFactory.createEndElement(startElement.getName(), null));
+		endElements.add(eventFactory.createEndElement(startElement.getName(), startElement.getNamespaces()));
 	}
 
 	private void writeNamespace(Namespace namespace) throws XMLStreamException {
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamWriterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamWriterTests.java
index baa65cbf40..1cf4bf3c0a 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/XMLEventStreamWriterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.*;
 public class XMLEventStreamWriterTests {
 
 	private static final String XML =
-			"<?pi content?><root xmlns='namespace'><prefix:child xmlns:prefix='namespace2'>content</prefix:child></root>"
-			;
+			"<?pi content?><root xmlns='namespace'><prefix:child xmlns:prefix='namespace2'><!--comment-->content</prefix:child></root>";
 
 	private XMLEventStreamWriter streamWriter;
 
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ public class XMLEventStreamWriterTests {
 		streamWriter.writeDefaultNamespace("namespace");
 		streamWriter.writeStartElement("prefix", "child", "namespace2");
 		streamWriter.writeNamespace("prefix", "namespace2");
+		streamWriter.writeComment("comment");
 		streamWriter.writeCharacters("content");
 		streamWriter.writeEndElement();
 		streamWriter.writeEndElement();
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ public class XMLEventStreamWriterTests {
 	}
 
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java b/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
index a988fbd2c1..813c89931e 100644
--- a/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
+++ b/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
 
 	@Override
 	protected void marshalXmlEventWriter(Object graph, XMLEventWriter eventWriter) {
-		ContentHandler contentHandler = StaxUtils.createContentHandler(eventWriter);
-		marshalSaxHandlers(graph, contentHandler, null);
+		XMLStreamWriter streamWriter = StaxUtils.createEventStreamWriter(eventWriter);
+		marshalXmlStreamWriter(graph, streamWriter);
 	}