diff --git a/src/libs/ifc/xml/vpatternconverter.cpp b/src/libs/ifc/xml/vpatternconverter.cpp
index aef1a7d49..ed0e2cce9 100644
--- a/src/libs/ifc/xml/vpatternconverter.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/ifc/xml/vpatternconverter.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ const QString VPatternConverter::CurrentSchema    = QStringLiteral("://schema/pa
 VPatternConverter::VPatternConverter(const QString &fileName)
     :VAbstractConverter(fileName)
 {
-    QString schema = XSDSchema(ver);
+    const QString schema = XSDSchema(ver);
+    ValidateXML(schema, fileName);
 }
 
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