diff --git a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
index c57cfa023..b700011f3 100644
--- a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
@@ -334,16 +334,18 @@ void *insertEventsfromFile(void * data)
 							std::string(xmlGetAttribute(node, "string")));
 					node = node->xmlNextNode;
 				}
-#ifdef USE_ITEM_DESCRIPTION
 				while (xmlGetNextOccurence(node, "item") != NULL) {
+#ifdef USE_ITEM_DESCRIPTION
 					e.item = std::string(xmlGetAttribute(node, "string"));
+#endif
 					node = node->xmlNextNode;
 				}
 				while (xmlGetNextOccurence(node, "item_description") != NULL) {
+#ifdef USE_ITEM_DESCRIPTION
 					e.itemDescription = std::string(xmlGetAttribute(node, "string"));
+#endif
 					node = node->xmlNextNode;
 				}
-#endif
 				while (xmlGetNextOccurence(node, "extended_text") != NULL) {
 					e.appendExtendedText(	std::string(ZapitTools::UTF8_to_Latin1(xmlGetAttribute(node, "lang"))),
 							std::string(xmlGetAttribute(node, "string")));