diff --git a/modules/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/parser/handler/SubProcessParseHandler.java b/modules/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/parser/handler/SubProcessParseHandler.java
index 5cb5acf3c5d6c978a1c58a6b3f8c9d6c83d46561..ff4b2e3bb023071e6bc4ee64ea42e0c34a1b3388 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/parser/handler/SubProcessParseHandler.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/parser/handler/SubProcessParseHandler.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class SubProcessParseHandler extends AbstractActivityBpmnParseHandler<Sub
     processArtifacts(bpmnParse, subProcess.getArtifacts(), activity);
     
     // no data objects for event subprocesses
-    if (subProcess instanceof SubProcess) {
+    if (!(subProcess instanceof EventSubProcess)) {
       // parse out any data objects from the template in order to set up the necessary process variables
       Map<String, Object> variables = processDataObjects(bpmnParse, subProcess.getDataObjects(), activity);
       activity.setVariables(variables);