diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 8fa632010..53bf62e8d 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Project: jackson-dataformat-xml
 
 No changes since 2.7.
 
+2.7.7 (not yet released)
+
+#204: FromXMLParser nextTextValue() incorrect for attributes
+ (reported by frederikz@github)
+
 2.7.6 (23-Jul-2016)
 2.7.5 (11-Jun-2016)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
index 43948b853..c71cd1dd7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ public String nextTextValue() throws IOException
             _parsingContext = _parsingContext.getParent();
             _namesToWrap = _parsingContext.getNamesToWrap();
             break;
-            
         case XmlTokenStream.XML_ATTRIBUTE_NAME:
             // If there was a chance of leaf node, no more...
             if (_mayBeLeaf) {
@@ -667,9 +666,8 @@ public String nextTextValue() throws IOException
             }
             break;
         case XmlTokenStream.XML_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE:
-            _currText = _xmlTokens.getText();
             _currToken = JsonToken.VALUE_STRING;
-            break;
+            return (_currText = _xmlTokens.getText());
         case XmlTokenStream.XML_TEXT:
             _currText = _xmlTokens.getText();
             if (_mayBeLeaf) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlParserNextXxxTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlParserNextXxxTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2ee2e9e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/xml/stream/XmlParserNextXxxTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.stream;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlTestBase;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.deser.FromXmlParser;
+
+public class XmlParserNextXxxTest extends XmlTestBase
+{
+    protected JsonFactory _jsonFactory;
+    protected XmlFactory _xmlFactory;
+
+    // let's actually reuse XmlMapper to make things bit faster
+    @Override
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        _xmlFactory = new XmlFactory();
+    }
+
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************
+    /* Unit tests
+    /**********************************************************
+     */
+
+    // [dataformat-xml#204]
+    public void testXmlAttributesWithNextTextValue() throws Exception
+    {
+        final String XML = "<data max=\"7\" offset=\"9\"/>";
+
+        FromXmlParser xp = (FromXmlParser) _xmlFactory.createParser(new StringReader(XML));
+
+        // First: verify handling without forcing array handling:
+        assertToken(JsonToken.START_OBJECT, xp.nextToken()); // <data>
+        assertToken(JsonToken.FIELD_NAME, xp.nextToken()); // <max>
+        assertEquals("max", xp.getCurrentName());
+
+        assertEquals("7", xp.nextTextValue());
+
+        assertToken(JsonToken.FIELD_NAME, xp.nextToken()); // <offset>
+        assertEquals("offset", xp.getCurrentName());
+
+        assertEquals("offset", xp.getText());
+
+        assertEquals("9", xp.nextTextValue());
+
+        assertEquals("9", xp.getText());
+
+        assertToken(JsonToken.END_OBJECT, xp.nextToken()); // </data>
+        xp.close();
+    }
+}