diff --git a/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/main/java/io/ballerina/xmltorecordconverter/XMLToRecordConverter.java b/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/main/java/io/ballerina/xmltorecordconverter/XMLToRecordConverter.java
index a2f172933161..b1418366218b 100644
--- a/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/main/java/io/ballerina/xmltorecordconverter/XMLToRecordConverter.java
+++ b/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/main/java/io/ballerina/xmltorecordconverter/XMLToRecordConverter.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ private static List<Node> getRecordFieldsForXMLElement(Element xmlElement, boole
             if (xmlNode.getNodeType() == org.w3c.dom.Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE) {
                 if ((xmlNode.getPrefix() == null &&
                         XMLNS_PREFIX.equals(xmlNode.getLocalName())) || (XMLNS_PREFIX.equals(xmlNode.getPrefix()) &&
-                                xmlNode.getLocalName().equals(xmlElement.getPrefix()))) {
+                                xmlNode.getLocalName().equals(xmlElement.getPrefix())) && withNameSpace) {
                     String prefix = null;
                     if (xmlElement.getPrefix() != null && xmlElement.getPrefix().equals(xmlNode.getLocalName())) {
                         prefix = xmlNode.getLocalName();
diff --git a/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/java/io/ballerina/xmltorecordconverter/XMLToRecordConverterTests.java b/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/java/io/ballerina/xmltorecordconverter/XMLToRecordConverterTests.java
index c7b2c2da2de3..1a713220b1fa 100644
--- a/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/java/io/ballerina/xmltorecordconverter/XMLToRecordConverterTests.java
+++ b/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/java/io/ballerina/xmltorecordconverter/XMLToRecordConverterTests.java
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ public class XMLToRecordConverterTests {
     private final Path sample23Bal = RES_DIR.resolve(BAL_DIR)
             .resolve("sample_23.bal");
 
+    private final Path sample24XML = RES_DIR.resolve(XML_DIR)
+            .resolve("sample_24.xml");
+    private final Path sample24Bal = RES_DIR.resolve(BAL_DIR)
+            .resolve("sample_24.bal");
+
     private static final String XMLToRecordServiceEP = "xmlToRecord/convert";
 
 
@@ -378,6 +383,15 @@ public void testXMLWithConflictingElementAndAttributeNames() throws IOException
         Assert.assertEquals(generatedCodeBlock, expectedCodeBlock);
     }
 
+    @Test(description = "testXMLWithoutNamespaces")
+    public void testXMLWithoutNamespaces() throws IOException {
+        String xmlFileContent = Files.readString(sample24XML);
+        String generatedCodeBlock = XMLToRecordConverter.convertXMLToRecord(xmlFileContent, false, false, false,
+                null, false).getCodeBlock().replaceAll("\\s+", "");
+        String expectedCodeBlock = Files.readString(sample24Bal).replaceAll("\\s+", "");
+        Assert.assertEquals(generatedCodeBlock, expectedCodeBlock);
+    }
+
     @Test(description = "testXMLToRecordService")
     public void testXMLToRecordService() throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         Endpoint serviceEndpoint = TestUtil.initializeLanguageSever();
diff --git a/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/resources/ballerina/sample_24.bal b/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/resources/ballerina/sample_24.bal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..358fe421e7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/resources/ballerina/sample_24.bal
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+type Book_BookItem record {
+    string[] authorName;
+};
+
+type Book_BookList record {
+    Book_BookItem bookItem;
+};
+
+@xmldata:Name {value: "library"}
+type Example_Library record {
+    Book_BookList bookList;
+};
diff --git a/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/resources/xml/sample_24.xml b/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/resources/xml/sample_24.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ed7bf752ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/xml-to-record-converter/src/test/resources/xml/sample_24.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<example:library xmlns:example="http://example.com/library" xmlns:book="http://example.com/book" xmlns:author="http://example.com/author">
+    <book:bookList>
+        <book:bookItem>
+            <author:authorName>Value 1</author:authorName>
+            <author:authorName>Value 2</author:authorName>
+        </book:bookItem>
+    </book:bookList>
+</example:library>