diff --git a/src/core/xfa/bind.js b/src/core/xfa/bind.js
index 3864f6bd5..3cf7bed0d 100644
--- a/src/core/xfa/bind.js
+++ b/src/core/xfa/bind.js
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ import { createDataNode, searchNode } from "./som.js";
 import { NamespaceIds } from "./namespaces.js";
 import { warn } from "../../shared/util.js";
 
+const NS_DATASETS = NamespaceIds.datasets.id;
+
 function createText(content) {
   const node = new Text({});
   node[$content] = content;
@@ -501,8 +503,12 @@ class Binder {
         if (dataChildren.length > 0) {
           this._bindOccurrences(child, [dataChildren[0]], null);
         } else if (this.emptyMerge) {
+          const nsId =
+            dataNode[$namespaceId] === NS_DATASETS
+              ? -1
+              : dataNode[$namespaceId];
           const dataChild = (child[$data] = new XmlObject(
-            dataNode[$namespaceId],
+            nsId,
             child.name || "root"
           ));
           dataNode[$appendChild](dataChild);
@@ -625,10 +631,11 @@ class Binder {
           if (!match) {
             // We're in matchTemplate mode so create a node in data to reflect
             // what we've in template.
-            match = child[$data] = new XmlObject(
-              dataNode[$namespaceId],
-              child.name
-            );
+            const nsId =
+              dataNode[$namespaceId] === NS_DATASETS
+                ? -1
+                : dataNode[$namespaceId];
+            match = child[$data] = new XmlObject(nsId, child.name);
             if (this.emptyMerge) {
               match[$consumed] = true;
             }
diff --git a/src/core/xfa/som.js b/src/core/xfa/som.js
index 515b69671..6955292b1 100644
--- a/src/core/xfa/som.js
+++ b/src/core/xfa/som.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   XFAObjectArray,
   XmlObject,
 } from "./xfa_object.js";
+import { NamespaceIds } from "./namespaces.js";
 import { warn } from "../../shared/util.js";
 
 const namePattern = /^[^.[]+/;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const shortcuts = new Map([
 ]);
 
 const somCache = new WeakMap();
+const NS_DATASETS = NamespaceIds.datasets.id;
 
 function parseIndex(index) {
   index = index.trim();
@@ -261,7 +263,8 @@ function createNodes(root, path) {
   let node = null;
   for (const { name, index } of path) {
     for (let i = 0, ii = !isFinite(index) ? 0 : index; i <= ii; i++) {
-      node = new XmlObject(root[$namespaceId], name);
+      const nsId = root[$namespaceId] === NS_DATASETS ? -1 : root[$namespaceId];
+      node = new XmlObject(nsId, name);
       root[$appendChild](node);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/xfa/xfa_object.js b/src/core/xfa/xfa_object.js
index e6bf5ed16..785950e8c 100644
--- a/src/core/xfa/xfa_object.js
+++ b/src/core/xfa/xfa_object.js
@@ -976,8 +976,11 @@ class XmlObject extends XFAObject {
     this[$content] = value.toString();
   }
 
-  [$dump]() {
+  [$dump](hasNS = false) {
     const dumped = Object.create(null);
+    if (hasNS) {
+      dumped.$ns = this[$namespaceId];
+    }
     if (this[$content]) {
       dumped.$content = this[$content];
     }
@@ -985,7 +988,7 @@ class XmlObject extends XFAObject {
 
     dumped.children = [];
     for (const child of this[_children]) {
-      dumped.children.push(child[$dump]());
+      dumped.children.push(child[$dump](hasNS));
     }
 
     dumped.attributes = Object.create(null);
diff --git a/test/unit/xfa_parser_spec.js b/test/unit/xfa_parser_spec.js
index 8ef286822..37edaba2b 100644
--- a/test/unit/xfa_parser_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/xfa_parser_spec.js
@@ -841,6 +841,67 @@ describe("XFAParser", function () {
       expect(searchNode(data, data, "A")[0][$dump]()).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
+    it("should make a basic binding and create a non-existing node with namespaceId equal to -1", function () {
+      const xml = `
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/">
+  <template xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/3.3">
+    <subform name="A">
+      <subform name="B">
+        <field name="C">
+        </field>
+        <field name="D">
+          <value>
+            <text>foobar</text>
+          </value>
+        </field>
+      </subform>
+    </subform>
+  </template>
+</xdp:xdp>
+      `;
+      const root = new XFAParser().parse(xml);
+      const binder = new Binder(root);
+      const form = binder.bind();
+      const data = binder.getData();
+
+      expect(
+        searchNode(form, form, "A.B.D.value.text")[0][$dump]().$content
+      ).toBe("foobar");
+
+      // Created nodes mustn't belong to xfa:datasets namespace.
+      const expected = {
+        $name: "A",
+        $ns: -1,
+        attributes: {},
+        children: [
+          {
+            $name: "B",
+            $ns: -1,
+            attributes: {},
+            children: [
+              {
+                $name: "C",
+                $ns: -1,
+                attributes: {},
+                children: [],
+              },
+              {
+                $name: "D",
+                $ns: -1,
+                attributes: {},
+                children: [],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      expect(searchNode(data, data, "A")[0][$dump](/* hasNS */ true)).toEqual(
+        expected
+      );
+    });
+
     it("should make another basic binding", function () {
       const xml = `
 <?xml version="1.0"?>