diff --git a/src/oca/ruby/opennebula/client.rb b/src/oca/ruby/opennebula/client.rb
index 7de6531d9a..af1fa3e8c4 100644
--- a/src/oca/ruby/opennebula/client.rb
+++ b/src/oca/ruby/opennebula/client.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module OpenNebula
                     Ox.sax_parse(self, StringIO.new(str),
                         :symbolize => false,
                         :convert_special => true,
-                        :skip => false)
+                        :skip => :skip_none)
                 end
             end
         end