diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj11Implementation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj11Implementation.java
index eda9887d..3d8399ec 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj11Implementation.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj11Implementation.java
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ public class Saaj11Implementation implements SaajImplementation {
 
     public void removeContents(SOAPElement element) {
         for (Iterator iterator = element.getChildElements(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+            iterator.next();
             iterator.remove();
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/AbstractSaajImplementationTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/AbstractSaajImplementationTestCase.java
index 330e928b..14c185ad 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/AbstractSaajImplementationTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/AbstractSaajImplementationTestCase.java
@@ -277,4 +277,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractSaajImplementationTestCase extends XMLTestCase {
         assertNotNull("No attachment part", attachmentPart);
     }
 
+    public void testRemoveContents() throws Exception {
+        body.addBodyElement(new QName("foo", "bar"));
+
+        assertTrue("Body has child nodes", body.hasChildNodes());
+        implementation.removeContents(message.getSOAPBody());
+        assertFalse("Body has child nodes", body.hasChildNodes());
+    }
+
 }
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