diff --git a/jme3-plugins/src/xml/java/com/jme3/export/xml/DOMInputCapsule.java b/jme3-plugins/src/xml/java/com/jme3/export/xml/DOMInputCapsule.java
index a8ba4f7aa..6b0eb39b7 100644
--- a/jme3-plugins/src/xml/java/com/jme3/export/xml/DOMInputCapsule.java
+++ b/jme3-plugins/src/xml/java/com/jme3/export/xml/DOMInputCapsule.java
@@ -974,14 +974,13 @@ public class DOMInputCapsule implements InputCapsule {
             ret = referencedSavables.get(reference);
         } else {
             String className = currentElem.getNodeName();
-            if (defVal != null) {
-                className = defVal.getClass().getName();
-            } else if (currentElem.hasAttribute("class")) {
+            if (currentElem.hasAttribute("class")) {
                 className = currentElem.getAttribute("class");
+            } else if (defVal != null) {
+                className = defVal.getClass().getName();
             }
             tmp = SavableClassUtil.fromName(className, null);
             
-            
             String versionsStr = currentElem.getAttribute("savable_versions");
             if (versionsStr != null && !versionsStr.equals("")){
                 String[] versionStr = versionsStr.split(",");
@@ -1508,4 +1507,4 @@ public class DOMInputCapsule implements InputCapsule {
                ? zeroStrings
                : outStrings;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}