diff --git a/internal/shared/extparser.go b/internal/shared/extparser.go
index 79c8d5ac..cb522b1e 100644
--- a/internal/shared/extparser.go
+++ b/internal/shared/extparser.go
@@ -12,18 +12,15 @@ import (
 // non empty prefix)
 func IsExtension(p *xpp.XMLPullParser) bool {
 	space := strings.TrimSpace(p.Space)
-	if prefix, ok := p.Spaces[space]; ok {
-		return !(prefix == "" || prefix == "rss" || prefix == "rdf" || prefix == "content")
-	}
-
-	return p.Space != ""
+	prefix := PrefixForNamespace(space, p)
+	return !(prefix == "" || prefix == "rss" || prefix == "rdf" || prefix == "content")
 }
 
 // ParseExtension parses the current element of the
 // XMLPullParser as an extension element and updates
 // the extension map
 func ParseExtension(fe ext.Extensions, p *xpp.XMLPullParser) (ext.Extensions, error) {
-	prefix := prefixForNamespace(p.Space, p)
+	prefix := PrefixForNamespace(p.Space, p)
 
 	result, err := parseExtensionElement(p)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ func parseExtensionElement(p *xpp.XMLPullParser) (e ext.Extension, err error) {
 	return e, nil
 }
 
-func prefixForNamespace(space string, p *xpp.XMLPullParser) string {
+func PrefixForNamespace(space string, p *xpp.XMLPullParser) string {
 	// First we check if the global namespace map
 	// contains an entry for this namespace/prefix.
 	// This way we can use the canonical prefix for this
diff --git a/rss/parser.go b/rss/parser.go
index 4371d31f..575896e9 100644
--- a/rss/parser.go
+++ b/rss/parser.go
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ func (rp *Parser) parseItem(p *xpp.XMLPullParser) (item *Item, err error) {
 				item.Description = result
 			} else if name == "encoded" {
 				space := strings.TrimSpace(p.Space)
-				if prefix, ok := p.Spaces[space]; ok && prefix == "content" {
+				prefix := shared.PrefixForNamespace(space, p)
+				if prefix == "content" {
 					result, err := shared.ParseText(p)
 					if err != nil {
 						return nil, err
diff --git a/testdata/parser/rss/rss_channel_item_content_encoded.json b/testdata/parser/rss/rss_channel_item_content_encoded.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57474bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/parser/rss/rss_channel_item_content_encoded.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "items": [
+        {
+            "content": "Item Description"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": "2.0"
+}
diff --git a/testdata/parser/rss/rss_channel_item_content_encoded.xml b/testdata/parser/rss/rss_channel_item_content_encoded.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..391d2d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/parser/rss/rss_channel_item_content_encoded.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!--
+Description: rss item content encoded 
+-->
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">
+    <channel>
+      <item>
+        <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">Item Description</content:encoded>
+      </item>
+    </channel>
+  </rss>
diff --git a/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_image_-_rss_channel_item_content.xml b/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_image_-_rss_channel_item_content.xml
index 76ce6e73..413ef695 100644
--- a/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_image_-_rss_channel_item_content.xml
+++ b/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_image_-_rss_channel_item_content.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description: item image from content
 <rss version="0.91">
   <channel>
     <item>
-      <content><![CDATA[<img src="http://example.com/content.png">]]></content>
+      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://example.com/content.png">]]></content:encoded>
     </item>
   </channel>
 </rss>