1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/xmerge/source/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/converter/xml/sxc/SxcDocumentDeserializer.java b/xmerge/source/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/converter/xml/sxc/SxcDocumentDeserializer.java
index 9d6ddbc6ee1a..bfd7fb3e8476 100644
--- a/xmerge/source/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/converter/xml/sxc/SxcDocumentDeserializer.java
+++ b/xmerge/source/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/converter/xml/sxc/SxcDocumentDeserializer.java
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ public abstract class SxcDocumentDeserializer implements OfficeConstants,
             int newCol = decoder.getColNumber();
 
             // Check to see if some columns were skipped
-            if (newCol != col) {
+            if (newCol != col && rowElement != null) {
 
                 // How many columns have we skipped?
                 int numColsSkipped = newCol - col;
@@ -738,4 +738,4 @@ public abstract class SxcDocumentDeserializer implements OfficeConstants,
             }
         }
     }
-}
-\ No newline at end of file
+}