diff --git a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/export/MultiInstanceExport.java b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/export/MultiInstanceExport.java
index 3448ceb208931eae6697165cd50b43fa6d609552..c242f6bb70d5cdab7ec274f59cc72220593fa325 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/export/MultiInstanceExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/export/MultiInstanceExport.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class MultiInstanceExport implements BpmnXMLConstants {
         if (activity.getLoopCharacteristics() != null) {
             MultiInstanceLoopCharacteristics multiInstanceObject = activity.getLoopCharacteristics();
             CollectionHandler handler = multiInstanceObject.getHandler();
+            boolean didWriteExtensionStartElement = false;
+            
             if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getLoopCardinality()) || StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getInputDataItem())
                     || StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getCompletionCondition()) || StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getCollectionString())) {
 
@@ -44,21 +46,12 @@ public class MultiInstanceExport implements BpmnXMLConstants {
                 if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getElementVariable())) {
                     BpmnXMLUtil.writeQualifiedAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_MULTIINSTANCE_VARIABLE, multiInstanceObject.getElementVariable(), xtw);
                 }
-                if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getLoopCardinality())) {
-                    xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_MULTIINSTANCE_CARDINALITY);
-                    xtw.writeCharacters(multiInstanceObject.getLoopCardinality());
-                    xtw.writeEndElement();
-                }
-                if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getCompletionCondition())) {
-                    xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_MULTIINSTANCE_CONDITION);
-                    xtw.writeCharacters(multiInstanceObject.getCompletionCondition());
-                    xtw.writeEndElement();
-                }
 
-                // check for collection element handler
+                // check for collection element handler extension first since process validation is order-dependent
                 if (handler != null) {
                     // start extensions
                     xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_EXTENSIONS);
+                    didWriteExtensionStartElement = true;
                     
                     // start collection element
                     xtw.writeStartElement(FLOWABLE_EXTENSIONS_NAMESPACE, ELEMENT_MULTIINSTANCE_COLLECTION);
@@ -84,17 +77,29 @@ public class MultiInstanceExport implements BpmnXMLConstants {
                 }
                 
             	
-            	// check for extension elements
+            	// check for other custom extension elements
                 Map<String, List<ExtensionElement>> extensions = multiInstanceObject.getExtensionElements();
                 if (!extensions.isEmpty()) {
-                	BpmnXMLUtil.writeExtensionElements(multiInstanceObject, handler != null, model.getNamespaces(), xtw);
+                    didWriteExtensionStartElement = BpmnXMLUtil.writeExtensionElements(multiInstanceObject, didWriteExtensionStartElement, model.getNamespaces(), xtw);
+                }
+                
+                // end extensions element
+                if (didWriteExtensionStartElement) {
+                    xtw.writeEndElement();
                 }
 
-            	// end extensions element
-            	if (handler != null) {
-            		xtw.writeEndElement();
-            	}
+                if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getLoopCardinality())) {
+                    xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_MULTIINSTANCE_CARDINALITY);
+                    xtw.writeCharacters(multiInstanceObject.getLoopCardinality());
+                    xtw.writeEndElement();
+                }
+                if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(multiInstanceObject.getCompletionCondition())) {
+                    xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_MULTIINSTANCE_CONDITION);
+                    xtw.writeCharacters(multiInstanceObject.getCompletionCondition());
+                    xtw.writeEndElement();
+                }
 
+                // end multi-instance element
                 xtw.writeEndElement();
             }
         }
diff --git a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/resources/multiinstancemodel2.bpmn b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/resources/multiinstancemodel2.bpmn
index 14a36d2482ad26886b7ed319a99b4773a8c263d9..f1f93149b5ca6c667c02abf0616cb88911e971e7 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/resources/multiinstancemodel2.bpmn
+++ b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/resources/multiinstancemodel2.bpmn
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
              <flowable:expression>${potentialOwnerList}</flowable:expression>
           </flowable:collection>
         </extensionElements>
+        <completionCondition>${nrOfInstances==2}</completionCondition>
       </multiInstanceLoopCharacteristics>
       </userTask>
       <sequenceFlow id="subFlowId1" sourceRef="subStartEvent" targetRef="subUserTask1"></sequenceFlow>