diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/JsonParser.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/JsonParser.java
index e4bafe0cb75..8a313740bd3 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/JsonParser.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/JsonParser.java
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public class JsonParser extends BaseParser implements IJsonLikeParser {
 			}
 
 			List<? extends IBase> values = nextChild.getAccessor().getValues(theElement);
-			values = super.preProcessValues(nextChild, theResource, values, nextChildElem, theEncodeContext);
+			values = preProcessValues(nextChild, theResource, values, nextChildElem, theEncodeContext);
 
 			if (values == null || values.isEmpty()) {
 				continue;
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ public class JsonParser extends BaseParser implements IJsonLikeParser {
 				 * Pre-process value - This is called in case the value is a reference
 				 * since we might modify the text
 				 */
-				value = JsonParser.super.preProcessValues(myDef, theResource, Collections.singletonList(value), myChildElem, theEncodeContext).get(0);
+				value = preProcessValues(myDef, theResource, Collections.singletonList(value), myChildElem, theEncodeContext).get(0);
 
 				RuntimeChildUndeclaredExtensionDefinition extDef = myContext.getRuntimeChildUndeclaredExtensionDefinition();
 				String childName = extDef.getChildNameByDatatype(value.getClass());
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParser.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParser.java
index ca9185923c8..a066caa2b8f 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParser.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParser.java
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ public class XmlParser extends BaseParser /* implements IParser */ {
 			} else {
 
 				List<? extends IBase> values = nextChild.getAccessor().getValues(theElement);
-				values = super.preProcessValues(nextChild, theResource, values, nextChildElem, theEncodeContext);
+				values = preProcessValues(nextChild, theResource, values, nextChildElem, theEncodeContext);
 
 				if (values == null || values.isEmpty()) {
 					continue;