diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 651e211b6..3f53adf15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Incorrect placeobject display (tag selection)
 - Generic tag saving problem - timelined exception
 - [#1332] Flash viewer - Show directly added images when placeFlagHasImage is true on AS3 swfs
+- XML Import - not set SWF and Timelined internal values caused an exception on item display
 
 ## [14.1.0] - 2021-03-05
 ### Added
diff --git a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/importers/SwfXmlImporter.java b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/importers/SwfXmlImporter.java
index 92f152cf3..7d410eeb4 100644
--- a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/importers/SwfXmlImporter.java
+++ b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/importers/SwfXmlImporter.java
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  * 
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.
 */
+ * License along with this library.
+ */
 package com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.importers;
 
 import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.SWF;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.abc.types.traits.TraitMethodGetterSetter;
 import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.abc.types.traits.TraitSlotConst;
 import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.abc.types.traits.Traits;
 import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.amf.amf3.Amf3Value;
+import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.tags.DefineSpriteTag;
 import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.tags.Tag;
 import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.tags.TagTypeInfo;
 import com.jpexs.decompiler.flash.types.ALPHABITMAPDATA;
@@ -143,11 +145,26 @@ public class SwfXmlImporter {
             Document doc = docBuilder.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(xml)));
             processElement(doc.getDocumentElement(), swf, swf, null);
             swf.clearAllCache();
+            setSwfAndTimelined(swf);
         } catch (ParserConfigurationException | SAXException ex) {
             logger.log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
         }
     }
 
+    private void setSwfAndTimelined(SWF swf) {
+        for (Tag t : swf.getTags()) {
+            t.setSwf(swf);
+            t.setTimelined(swf);
+            if (t instanceof DefineSpriteTag) {
+                DefineSpriteTag s = (DefineSpriteTag) t;
+                for (Tag st : s.getTags()) {
+                    st.setSwf(swf);
+                    st.setTimelined(s);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public Object importObject(String xml, Class requiredType, SWF swf) throws IOException {
         DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
         try {