diff --git a/XMLHttpRequest/responsexml-basic.htm b/XMLHttpRequest/responsexml-basic.htm
index 8bc1ff5201877f..ee0a8f718304c8 100644
--- a/XMLHttpRequest/responsexml-basic.htm
+++ b/XMLHttpRequest/responsexml-basic.htm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         assert_equals(client.responseXML, null)
         client.send(null)
         assert_equals(client.responseXML.documentElement.localName, "html", 'localName is html')
-        assert_equals(client.responseXML.documentElement.childNodes.length, 5, 'childNodes is 5')
+        assert_equals(client.responseXML.documentElement.childNodes.length, 2, 'childNodes is 2')
         assert_equals(client.responseXML.getElementById("n1").localName, client.responseXML.documentElement.childNodes[1].localName)
         assert_equals(client.responseXML.getElementById("n2"), null, 'getElementById("n2")')
         assert_equals(client.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("p")[1].namespaceURI, "namespacesarejuststrings", 'namespaceURI')