diff --git a/pisi/xmlfile.py b/pisi/xmlfile.py
index e7772db2..05b3facd 100644
--- a/pisi/xmlfile.py
+++ b/pisi/xmlfile.py
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ class autoxml(oo.autosuper, oo.autoprop):
             if l and len(l) > 0:
                 for item in l:
                     if list_tagpath:
-                        listnode = addNode(node, list_tagpath)
+                        listnode = addNode(node, list_tagpath, branch = False)
                     else:
                         listnode = node
                     encode_item(listnode, item, errs)