diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xmlmask.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xmlmask.py
index 1cd19644..e4a22faa 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xmlmask.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xmlmask.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ class MatchXMLMask(base.MatcherBase):
 		self.default_ns = ns
 
 	def match(self, xml):
-		xml = xml.xml
+		if hasattr(xml, 'xml'):
+			xml = xml.xml
 		return self.maskcmp(xml, self._criteria, True)
 	
 	def maskcmp(self, source, maskobj, use_ns=False, default_ns='__no_ns__'):
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xpath.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xpath.py
index 5e0411ef..fe18a655 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xpath.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/matcher/xpath.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ ignore_ns = False
 class MatchXPath(base.MatcherBase):
 
 	def match(self, xml):
-		xml = xml.xml
+		if hasattr(xml, 'xml'):
+			xml = xml.xml
 		x = cElementTree.Element('x')
 		x.append(xml)
 		if not ignore_ns: