diff --git a/src/etc/inc/xmlparse.inc b/src/etc/inc/xmlparse.inc
index f840c264f4..73cceeca1f 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/xmlparse.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/xmlparse.inc
@@ -201,11 +201,16 @@ function parse_xml_config_raw($cffile, $rootobj, $isstring = "false") {
 	}
 
 	while ($data = fread($fp, 4096)) {
-		if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
-			log_error(sprintf(gettext('XML error: %1$s at line %2$d in %3$s') . "\n",
-				xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
-				xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser),
-				$cffile));
+		try {
+			if (!xml_parse($xml_parser, $data, feof($fp))) {
+				log_error(sprintf(gettext('XML error: %1$s at line %2$d in %3$s') . "\n",
+					xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)),
+					xml_get_current_line_number($xml_parser),
+					$cffile));
+				return -1;
+			}
+		} catch (\Throwable | \Error | \Exception $e) {
+			log_error($e->getMessage());
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}