diff --git a/src/dash/models/DashManifestModel.js b/src/dash/models/DashManifestModel.js
index 1db717ef73..b2fbc2992c 100644
--- a/src/dash/models/DashManifestModel.js
+++ b/src/dash/models/DashManifestModel.js
@@ -1317,9 +1317,9 @@ function DashManifestModel() {
                         event.id = null;
                     }
 
-                    if (currentMpdEvent.Signal && currentMpdEvent.Signal.Binary) {
+                    if (currentMpdEvent.Signal && currentMpdEvent.Signal.Binary && currentMpdEvent.Signal.Binary.__text) {
                         // toString is used to manage both regular and namespaced tags
-                        event.messageData = BASE64.decodeArray(currentMpdEvent.Signal.Binary.toString());
+                        event.messageData = BASE64.decodeArray(currentMpdEvent.Signal.Binary.__text.toString());
                     } else {
                         // From Cor.1: 'NOTE: this attribute is an alternative
                         // to specifying a complete XML element(s) in the Event.