diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapFaultDetail.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapFaultDetail.java
index 02717d71..9a77116e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapFaultDetail.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapFaultDetail.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class AxiomSoapFaultDetail extends AxiomSoapElement implements SoapFaultDetail {
     }
 
     public Iterator getDetailEntries() {
-        return new AxiomSoapFaultDetailElementIterator(getAxiomFaultDetail().getAllDetailEntries());
+        return new AxiomSoapFaultDetailElementIterator(getAxiomFaultDetail().getChildElements());
     }
 
     public Result getResult() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapFaultDetailTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapFaultDetailTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9683d994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapFaultDetailTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.soap.axiom;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.axiom.soap.SOAPMessage;
+import org.apache.axiom.soap.impl.builder.StAXSOAPModelBuilder;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapFault;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapFaultDetail;
+
+/** @author Arjen Poutsma */
+public class AxiomSoapFaultDetailTest extends TestCase {
+
+    private static final String FAILING_FAULT =
+            "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" " +
+                    "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" " +
+                    "xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n  " + "<soapenv:Body>\n  " +
+                    "<soapenv:Fault>\n  " + "<faultcode>Client</faultcode>\n  " +
+                    "<faultstring>Client Error</faultstring>\n  " + "<detail>\n " +
+                    "<ns1:dispositionReport xmlns:ns1=\"urn:uddi-org:api_v3\">\n  " +
+                    "<ns1:result errno=\"10210\"/>\n  " + "</ns1:dispositionReport>" + "</detail>" +
+                    "</soapenv:Fault>" + "</soapenv:Body>" + "</soapenv:Envelope>";
+
+    private static final String SUCCEEDING_FAULT =
+            "<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" " +
+                    "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" " +
+                    "xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n  " + "<soapenv:Body>\n  " +
+                    "<soapenv:Fault>\n  " + "<faultcode>Client</faultcode>\n  " +
+                    "<faultstring>Client Error</faultstring>\n  " + "<detail>" +
+                    "<ns1:dispositionReport xmlns:ns1=\"urn:uddi-org:api_v3\">\n  " +
+                    "<ns1:result errno=\"10210\"/>\n  " + "</ns1:dispositionReport>" + "</detail>" +
+                    "</soapenv:Fault>" + "</soapenv:Body>" + "</soapenv:Envelope>";
+
+    private AxiomSoapMessage failingMessage;
+
+    private AxiomSoapMessage succeedingMessage;
+
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        XMLStreamReader parser = XMLInputFactory.newInstance().createXMLStreamReader(new StringReader(FAILING_FAULT));
+        StAXSOAPModelBuilder builder = new StAXSOAPModelBuilder(parser);
+        SOAPMessage soapMessage = builder.getSoapMessage();
+
+        failingMessage = new AxiomSoapMessage(soapMessage, null, false);
+
+        parser = XMLInputFactory.newInstance().createXMLStreamReader(new StringReader(SUCCEEDING_FAULT));
+        builder = new StAXSOAPModelBuilder(parser);
+        soapMessage = builder.getSoapMessage();
+
+        succeedingMessage = new AxiomSoapMessage(soapMessage, null, false);
+
+    }
+
+    public void testGetDetailEntriesWorksWithWhitespaceNodes() throws Exception {
+        SoapFault fault = failingMessage.getSoapBody().getFault();
+        assertNotNull("Fault is null", fault);
+        assertNotNull("Fault detail is null", fault.getFaultDetail());
+        SoapFaultDetail detail = fault.getFaultDetail();
+        assertTrue("No next detail entry present", detail.getDetailEntries().hasNext());
+        detail.getDetailEntries().next();
+
+    }
+
+    public void testGetDetailEntriesWorksWithoutWhitespaceNodes() throws Exception {
+        SoapFault fault = succeedingMessage.getSoapBody().getFault();
+        assertNotNull("Fault is null", fault);
+        assertNotNull("Fault detail is null", fault.getFaultDetail());
+        SoapFaultDetail detail = fault.getFaultDetail();
+        assertTrue("No next detail entry present", detail.getDetailEntries().hasNext());
+        detail.getDetailEntries().next();
+    }
+
+}
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