diff --git a/src/parser_xml.c b/src/parser_xml.c
index e94e4f5..75e3c55 100644
--- a/src/parser_xml.c
+++ b/src/parser_xml.c
@@ -306,18 +306,16 @@
         /* finish incompletely validated terminal values */
         for (unsigned int u = 0; u < xmlctx.incomplete_type_validation.count; u++) {
             struct lyd_node_term *node = (struct lyd_node_term*)xmlctx.incomplete_type_validation.objs[u];
-            struct lyd_node **trees = NULL;
+            const struct lyd_node **trees = NULL;
 
             /* prepare sized array for validator */
             if (*result) {
-                struct lyd_node **tree;
-                LY_ARRAY_NEW_RET(ctx, trees, tree, LY_EMEM);
-                *tree = *result;
+                trees = lyd_trees_new(1, *result);
             }
             /* validate and store the value of the node */
             ret = lyd_value_parse(node, node->value.canonized, node->value.canonized ? strlen(node->value.canonized) : 0, 0, 1,
                                   lydxml_resolve_prefix, ctx, LYD_XML, trees);
-            LY_ARRAY_FREE(trees);
+            lyd_trees_free(trees, 0);
             if (ret) {
                 lyd_free_all(*result);
                 *result = NULL;