--- ./orig/nxml-mode.el	2024-09-12 09:10:46.580451579 -0400
+++ nxml-mode.el	2024-09-12 09:04:48.473571128 -0400
@@ -1522,6 +1522,8 @@
 	((progn
 	   (goto-char pos)
 	   (forward-line -1)
+           (while (looking-at "^[:blank:]*$")
+	     (forward-line -1))
 	   (<= (point) xmltok-start))
 	 (goto-char (+ xmltok-start (length open-delim)))
 	 (when (and (string= open-delim "<!--")