diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
index c92469f6be..7255e61636 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.WFS.prototype =
         //this should be overridden by subclasses
         // must return an Object with 'id' and 'lonlat' values set
         var point = xmlNode.getElementsByTagName("Point");
-        var text  = OpenLayers.Util.getXmlNodeValue(point[0]);
+        var text  = OpenLayers.Util.getXmlNodeValue(point[0].getElementsByTagName("coordinates")[0]);
         var floats = text.split(",");
-
         return {lonlat: new OpenLayers.LonLat(parseFloat(floats[0]),
                                               parseFloat(floats[1])),
                 id: null};