diff --git a/django_diu/import_command.py b/django_diu/import_command.py
index 81d9a28a3bb0745f5194d43bf2c70defd962822e..42940e4e3465e56e2c64344b7104b35a7890fda8 100644
--- a/django_diu/import_command.py
+++ b/django_diu/import_command.py
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ class XMLImportTask(ImportTask):
 
     def open_data_source(self):
         tree = ET.parse(self.xmlFile)
-        root = tree.getroot()
-        self.rows = root.findall(self.xpathSelector)
+        self.root = tree.getroot()
+        self.rows = self.root.findall(self.xpathSelector)
 
     def count_source(self):
         self.source_count = len(self.rows)