diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/nodemodel/util/NodeModelUtils.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/nodemodel/util/NodeModelUtils.java
index 80000b15d..c72f388cd 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/nodemodel/util/NodeModelUtils.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/nodemodel/util/NodeModelUtils.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class NodeModelUtils {
 				}
 				sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
 			}
-		} else {
+		} else if (!GrammarUtil.isEObjectFragmentRuleCall(grammarElement)) {
 			EObject result = findActualSemanticObjectInChildren(node, grammarElement);
 			if (result != null)
 				return result;
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.xtext.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/nodemodel/util/NodeModelUtilsTest.java b/tests/org.eclipse.xtext.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/nodemodel/util/NodeModelUtilsTest.java
index fa4546266..28022c009 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.xtext.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/nodemodel/util/NodeModelUtilsTest.java
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.xtext.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/nodemodel/util/NodeModelUtilsTest.java
@@ -182,6 +182,22 @@ public class NodeModelUtilsTest extends AbstractXtextTests {
 		assertTrue(object instanceof ParserRule);
 	}
 	
+	@Test public void testFindActualSemanticObjectFor_10() throws Exception {
+		String grammarString = "grammar foo.Bar with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals generate foo 'bar' Model:name=ID;";
+		Grammar grammar = (Grammar) getModel(grammarString);
+		ILeafNode ruleName = NodeModelUtils.findLeafNodeAtOffset(NodeModelUtils.getNode(grammar), grammarString.indexOf("Model"));
+		EObject object = NodeModelUtils.findActualSemanticObjectFor(ruleName);
+		assertTrue(object instanceof ParserRule);
+	}
+	
+	@Test public void testFindActualSemanticObjectFor_11() throws Exception {
+		String grammarString = "grammar foo.Bar with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals generate foo 'bar' Model<Param>:name=ID;";
+		Grammar grammar = (Grammar) getModel(grammarString);
+		ILeafNode lessThan = NodeModelUtils.findLeafNodeAtOffset(NodeModelUtils.getNode(grammar), grammarString.indexOf("<"));
+		EObject object = NodeModelUtils.findActualSemanticObjectFor(lessThan);
+		assertTrue(object instanceof ParserRule);
+	}
+	
 	@Test public void testCompactDump_1() throws Exception {
 		String grammarString = "grammar foo.Bar with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals generate foo 'bar' Model:name=ID;";
 		Grammar grammar = (Grammar) getModel(grammarString);