diff --git a/jaxb-ri/xjc/src/main/java/com/sun/tools/xjc/model/CClassInfo.java b/jaxb-ri/xjc/src/main/java/com/sun/tools/xjc/model/CClassInfo.java
index de668593d..085fd1daa 100644
--- a/jaxb-ri/xjc/src/main/java/com/sun/tools/xjc/model/CClassInfo.java
+++ b/jaxb-ri/xjc/src/main/java/com/sun/tools/xjc/model/CClassInfo.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 import com.sun.tools.xjc.reader.xmlschema.bindinfo.BIFactoryMethod;
 import com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.core.ClassInfo;
 import com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.core.Element;
+import com.sun.xml.xsom.ForeignAttributes;
 import com.sun.xml.xsom.XSComponent;
 
 import org.xml.sax.Locator;
@@ -218,9 +219,12 @@ public boolean declaresAttributeWildcard() {
     public boolean inheritsAttributeWildcard() {
         if (getRefBaseClass() != null) {
             CClassRef cref = (CClassRef)baseClass;
-            if (cref.getSchemaComponent().getForeignAttributes().size() > 0) {
-                return true;
-            }           
+
+            for(ForeignAttributes foreignAttributes: cref.getSchemaComponent().getForeignAttributes()) {
+                if(foreignAttributes.getLength() > 0) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
         } else {
             for( CClassInfo c=getBaseClass(); c!=null; c=c.getBaseClass() ) {
                 if(c.hasAttributeWildcard)