diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/session/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/session/Configuration.java
index 7c53ccac507..db86def2263 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/session/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/session/Configuration.java
@@ -784,8 +784,10 @@ protected void buildAllStatements() {
     }
     if (!incompleteStatements.isEmpty()) {
       synchronized (incompleteStatements) {
-        // This always throws a BuilderException.
-        incompleteStatements.iterator().next().parseStatementNode();
+        incompleteStatements.removeIf(x -> {
+          x.parseStatementNode();
+          return true;
+        });
       }
     }
     if (!incompleteMethods.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/CreateDB.sql b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/CreateDB.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f035d197d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/CreateDB.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--
+--    Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
+--
+--    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+--    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+--    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+--    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+--    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+--    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+--    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+--    limitations under the License.
+--
+
+drop table users if exists;
+
+create table users (
+  id int,
+  name varchar(20)
+);
+
+insert into users (id, name) values
+(1, 'User1'),
+(2, 'User2');
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/User.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/User.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f362170757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/User.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ *    Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public class User implements Serializable {
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+  private Integer id;
+  private String name;
+
+  public Integer getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public void setId(Integer id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/CacheRefFromXmlTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/CacheRefFromXmlTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5471eb7bc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/CacheRefFromXmlTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ *    Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution.cachereffromxml;
+
+import java.io.Reader;
+
+import org.apache.ibatis.BaseDataTest;
+import org.apache.ibatis.io.Resources;
+import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSession;
+import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactory;
+import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactoryBuilder;
+import org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution.User;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CacheRefFromXmlTest {
+
+  private static SqlSessionFactory sqlSessionFactory;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+    // create an SqlSessionFactory
+    try (Reader reader = Resources
+      .getResourceAsReader("org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/mybatis-config.xml")) {
+      sqlSessionFactory = new SqlSessionFactoryBuilder().build(reader);
+    }
+
+    // populate in-memory database
+    BaseDataTest.runScript(sqlSessionFactory.getConfiguration().getEnvironment().getDataSource(),
+      "org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/CreateDB.sql");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldGetAUser() {
+    SqlSession sqlSession = sqlSessionFactory.openSession();
+    try {
+      UserMapper mapper = sqlSession.getMapper(UserMapper.class);
+      User user = mapper.getUser(1);
+      Assert.assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(1), user.getId());
+      Assert.assertEquals("User1", user.getName());
+    } finally {
+      sqlSession.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/UserMapper.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/UserMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1869483138e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/UserMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ *    Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution.cachereffromxml;
+
+import org.apache.ibatis.annotations.CacheNamespace;
+import org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution.User;
+
+@CacheNamespace
+public interface UserMapper {
+  User getUser(Integer id);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/UserMapper.xml b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/UserMapper.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..301a8dd03fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/UserMapper.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+       Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
+
+       Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+       you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+       You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+       distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+       WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+       See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+       limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<!DOCTYPE mapper
+  PUBLIC "-//mybatis.org//DTD Mapper 3.0//EN"
+  "http://mybatis.org/dtd/mybatis-3-mapper.dtd">
+
+<mapper
+  namespace="org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution.cachereffromxml.UserMapper">
+
+  <cache-ref
+    namespace="org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution.cachereffromxml.UserMapper" />
+
+  <select id="getUser"
+    resultType="org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution.User">
+    select *
+    from users where id = #{id}
+  </select>
+
+</mapper>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/mybatis-config.xml b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/mybatis-config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74a96392a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/resolution/cachereffromxml/mybatis-config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!--
+
+       Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
+
+       Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+       you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+       You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+       distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+       WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+       See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+       limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<!DOCTYPE configuration
+    PUBLIC "-//mybatis.org//DTD Config 3.0//EN"
+    "http://mybatis.org/dtd/mybatis-3-config.dtd">
+
+<configuration>
+
+  <environments default="development">
+    <environment id="development">
+      <transactionManager type="JDBC">
+        <property name="" value="" />
+      </transactionManager>
+      <dataSource type="UNPOOLED">
+        <property name="driver" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+        <property name="url"
+          value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:cachereffromxml" />
+        <property name="username" value="sa" />
+      </dataSource>
+    </environment>
+  </environments>
+
+  <mappers>
+    <mapper
+      class="org.apache.ibatis.submitted.resolution.cachereffromxml.UserMapper" />
+  </mappers>
+
+</configuration>