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diff --git a/bs4/element.py b/bs4/element.py
index 26422fd..594ef78 100644
--- a/bs4/element.py
+++ b/bs4/element.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class NamespacedAttribute(unicode):
def __new__(cls, prefix, name, namespace=None):
if name is None:
obj = unicode.__new__(cls, prefix)
+ elif prefix is None:
+ # Not really namespaced.
+ obj = unicode.__new__(cls, name)
else:
obj = unicode.__new__(cls, prefix + ":" + name)
obj.prefix = prefix