org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: First Element must contain the local name, Envelope , but found html

Exception :

org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: First Element must contain the local name, Envelope , but found html 
at org.apache.axis2.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:430) 
at org.apache.axis2.transport.TransportUtils.createSOAPMessage(TransportUtils.java:90) 
at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.handleResponse(OutInAxisOperation.java:353) 
at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.send(OutInAxisOperation.java:416) 
at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.executeImpl(OutInAxisOperation.java:228) 
at org.apache.axis2.client.OperationClient.execute(OperationClient.java:163) 
at org.apache.axis2.client.ServiceClient.sendReceive(ServiceClient.java:548)

Root Cause :
Service epr is incorrect. Basically the call is returning a HTML page instead of a SOAP document.

Solution :
Correct the service epr.