Check if XML element equals another XML element, ignoring empty values

I'm checking if two XML elements given by string are equal with this method:

private static bool XmlEquals(string s1, string s2)
{
    return XNode.DeepEquals(XElement.Parse(s1), XElement.Parse(s2));
}

This work unless one of the elements has opening and closing tags and the other has a closed tag like this:

<MyElement SomeAttribute="some value" />
<MyElement SomeAttribute="some value"></MyElement>

Can I somehow compare two XML elements in a way, that the above case is considered equal?