Index: src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java	(revision 13527)
+++ src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.java	(working copy)
@@ -372,7 +372,11 @@
 	public void close(ExecutionContext executionContext) {
 		flush();
 		try {
+			// Woodstox stable (3.2.6 as of this workaround) WstxEventWriter instances end documents on close
+			// automatically (if said instance started the document).
+			if (!delegateEventWriter.getClass().getName().equals("com.ctc.wstx.evt.WstxEventWriter") || restarted) {
 			endDocument(delegateEventWriter);
+			}
 			eventWriter.close();
 			channel.close();
 		}