diff --git a/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c b/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
index d9c577efd49..3ba14255abd 100644
--- a/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
+++ b/ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
@@ -1458,15 +1458,12 @@ SXE_METHOD(getNamespaces)
 	GET_NODE(sxe, node);
 	node = php_sxe_get_first_node(sxe, node TSRMLS_CC);
 
-	while (node) {
-		SKIP_TEXT(node)
+	if (node) {
 		if (node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) {
 			sxe_add_namespaces(sxe, node, recursive, return_value TSRMLS_CC);
 		} else if (node->type == XML_ATTRIBUTE_NODE && node->ns) {
 			sxe_add_namespace_name(return_value, node->ns TSRMLS_CC);
 		}
-next_iter:
-		node = node->next;
 	}
 }
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/ext/simplexml/tests/bug41861.phpt b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug41861.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07622ebbd38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug41861.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #41861 (getNamespaces() returns the namespaces of a node's siblings)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$xml = simplexml_load_string('<root>
+	<first_node_no_ns />
+	<ns1:node1 xmlns:ns1="#ns1" />
+	<ns2:node2 xmlns:ns2="#ns2" />
+	<ns3:node3 xmlns:ns3="#ns3" />
+	<last_node_no_ns />
+</root>');
+
+$name = $xml->getName();
+$namespaces = $xml->getNamespaces(True);
+echo "root(recursive): '$name' -- namespaces: ", implode(', ', $namespaces), "\n";
+$namespaces = $xml->getNamespaces(False);
+echo "root(non-recursive): '$name' -- namespaces: ", implode(', ', $namespaces), "\n";
+
+foreach (array(null, '#ns1', '#ns2', '#ns3') as $ns)
+{
+	foreach ($xml->children($ns) as $child)
+	{
+		$name = $child->getName();
+		$namespaces = $child->getNamespaces(false);
+
+		echo "children($ns): '$name' -- namespaces: ", implode(', ', $namespaces), "\n";
+	}
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+root(recursive): 'root' -- namespaces: #ns1, #ns2, #ns3
+root(non-recursive): 'root' -- namespaces: 
+children(): 'first_node_no_ns' -- namespaces: 
+children(): 'last_node_no_ns' -- namespaces: 
+children(#ns1): 'node1' -- namespaces: #ns1
+children(#ns2): 'node2' -- namespaces: #ns2
+children(#ns3): 'node3' -- namespaces: #ns3