diff --git a/desktop/source/deployment/registry/dp_backenddb.cxx b/desktop/source/deployment/registry/dp_backenddb.cxx
index a93bc0b45093..84cfb60760dd 100644
--- a/desktop/source/deployment/registry/dp_backenddb.cxx
+++ b/desktop/source/deployment/registry/dp_backenddb.cxx
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ css::uno::Reference<css::xml::dom::XDocument> BackendDb::getDocument()
         ::osl::File::RC err = ::osl::DirectoryItem::get(m_urlDb, item);
         if (err == ::osl::File::E_None)
         {
-            m_doc = xDocBuilder->parseURI(m_urlDb);
+            ::ucbhelper::Content descContent(
+                m_urlDb, css::uno::Reference<css::ucb::XCommandEnvironment>());
+            Reference<css::io::XInputStream> xIn = descContent.openStream();
+            m_doc = xDocBuilder->parse(xIn);
         }
         else if (err == ::osl::File::E_NOENT)
         {